Church Of All Saints

SAXTON WITH SCARTHINGWELL MAIN STREET SE 43 NE (west side) 3/27 Church of All Saints 3.2.67 GV I

Church. C11 nave and chancel with C14 south chapel, and early C15 tower with restorations and additions of 1876 and 1907 and later additions. West tower. 2-bay nave with 2-bay chapel to south, south porch, 2-bay chancel with vestry to north. 2-stage tower has chamfered plinth incorporating remains of grave slab with incised cross and diagonal off-set buttresses. To south side a narrow, round-arched plank door in chamfered surround. To west end a stepped 3-light window with cinquefoil heads under hood-mould. To upper stage a twin-light belfry opening with cinquefoil heads under hood- moulds. Corbel table supports battlements with pinnacles. Nave, south side: angle buttress; south porch has elliptical-arched opening. Round- arched south door within chamfered arch on shafts with waterleaf capitals; to west of entrance porch a 3-cinquefoil-light, straight-headed window to east a slit window. South chapel: diagonal buttresses, 2-light windows with geometrical tracery that to west recut; chapel shows signs of heightening. North aisle: angle and centre off-set buttresses; 2 restored 2-light windows with geometrical tracery. Chancel: angle buttresses, to south side 2 pointed lancets, to north side a slit window and C19 vestry. East end has 3 C19 stepped lancets. Interior: pointed tower arch with double-chamfered head. 2-bay pointed and double-chamfered arcade to nave with cylindrical pier. Round chancel arch and restored round-arched opening to right. Chancel has pointed priest's door and remains of round-arched opening. Medieval octagonal font on probably C19 base. Monuments include 4 C17 tombstones to members of the Hungate family, 3 with coats of arms now set into chancel walls. Late C18 monuments to Lord and Lady Hawke with carving in relief by I F Moore. Pevsner N, Yorkshire, The West Riding, 1979, p 431.

Listing NGR: SE4757836886