Church Of All Saints

NORTH YORKSHIRE RYEDALE 5340

SE 87 SE THORPE BASSETT VILLAGE STREET (south side) 4/107 CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS 10.10.66

GV II * Church. C12 with early C13 arcade; restored, re-roofed, north aisle rebuilt and bellcote erected by Paley and Austin 1878-80; C20 porch. Squared limestone, rebuilding in chiselled limestone; porch of dressed sandstone and timber; slate roof. West bellcote; 3-bay nave and north aisle; south porch; chancel and vestry. Double-chamfered plinth to buttressed west end. 2- light Perpendicular window beneath pointed hood-mould on headstop to right. Second headstop has been reset above. Coped and gabled bellcote and cross. C20 south porch contains rebuilt late C12 doorway with chevron-moulded round arch on slender shafts, with a stiff-leaf capital to right and a scalloped capital to left. Reconstructed 3-light window with Decorated tracery to east, with rebuilt buttress with offsets further to east. Chancel contains 2 rebuilt windows but a small pointed light survives to east of the buttress. The east end is on a double chamfered plinth between angle buttresses with offsets. 3-light window with Decorated tracery beneath pointed hood-mould on headstop. Coped gable and gable cross. Interior: early C13 arcade of pointed double chamfered arches on cylindrical piers with head-stopped capitals. North wall contains fragments of Cll carvings, including a fine tomb slab. C12 plain tub font on C19 base. In the embrasure of the small pointed chancel window, a transparent box contains a finely carved corbel head or head-stop of C13. A C19 arched niche in the chancel north wall a C14 effigy of a priest reclines on a tomb chest with 5 quatrefoils each enclosing a flower. C19 east window contains fragments of C14 and C15 glass.

Listing NGR: SE8581773459