Church Of All Saints

SE 5737 9/8 17.11.66

CAWOOD CHURCH END (north side) Church of All Saints (Formerly listed under General)

GV I

Church. C12-C15 with C19 and C20 rebuilding and restoration. Magnesian limestone ashlar with red plain tile roof and stone slates to porch. 2-bay chancel, 4-bay aisled nave, south porch and south-west tower. C13 chancel with C14 north aisle now vestry with straight-headed windows with Perpendicular tracery. To south side 2 lancet windows and badly- weathered door with roll moulding and remains of moulded capitals. The second bay shows blocked arcade indicating removal of former chapel. 5-light pointed Perpendicular east window. Nave: 3-light, flat-arched trefoil-headed windows. Mid-late C12 gable-ended west wall has recut transitional doorway of 2 orders and nookshafts with waterleaf capitals. Door has decorative strap hinges. South porch rebuilt in 1935 covers original round-arched door with partly recut head. Early C15 bell tower in 3 stages has polygonal angle buttresses surmounted by crockets to first stage and diagonal buttresses with set-offs above. Ogee-arched 3-light window to ground floor with restored Perpendicular tracery. First stage: crocketed nodding-ogee-headed niche containing C20 statue of the Blesses Virgin Mary on pedestal; to north and south trefoiled lights under flat arches with drip moulds. Recessed bell stage: 3-light ogee-arched bell openings with restored Perpendicular tracery under drip moulds with carved stops. String-course, buttresses, battlements and angle pinnacles. Interior: chancel arcade of double- chamfered arches on octagonal piers. Nave: C13 south arcade of double- chamfered arches on quatrefoil piers with water-holding bases and moulded capitals. Mid C14 tower arch. Wall monument to George Mountain, Archbishop of York d.1623, with life-size frontal demi-figure. Pevsner, N., Yorkshire, The West Riding, 1979, pp 159-60.

Listing NGR: SE5778037799