Church Of All Saints

SE 35 SE SPOFFORTH WITH STOCKELD HARROGATE ROAD (north side)

3/76 Church of All Saints

30/3/66

GV II*

Church. C15 tower and late C12 remains in interior, otherwise rebuilt 1855 by J W Hugall for Rev James Tripp, Rector. Coursed gritstone, graduated Westmorland slate roof. Rebuild in Norman Revival style. West tower, nave of 5 bays, north and south aisles, south porch, chancel of 2 bays. The west tower has 4 stages, Perpendicular windows, off-set diagonal buttresses, clock, battlemented parapet. Nave clerestory and aisles have round-headed lancet windows with hoodmoulds and pilaster strips. Nave south door has much-restored beak-head decoration. Chancel has similar windows and blind arcading. East window of 3 lancets. Interior: north aisle arcade of quatrefoil piers and single-step arches, zig-zag ornamentation under the 2 western arches. South arcade has 3 circular and 1 octagonal pier. Chancel arch (late C12) has hollow chamfers with billets. Monument in north wall of chancel to Sir Robert de Plumpton, died c1323, has the figure of a Knight, under a cusped recess. An engraving in the tower shows the church c1854, before restoration.

Listing NGR: SE3646451079