Church Of St Oswald

SE 49 NW 2/7 31.3.70

EAST HARLSEY MAIN STREET (south side, off) Church of St Oswald

GV II*

Church. C12 origins, C17, restored 1885. Ashlar, coursed squared stone, graduated slate roofs. Nave with bellcote, south porch and north aisle, chancel also with north aisle. Nave: 3 bays. To centre a C17 south porch, gabled with chamfered 4-centred-arched doorway, 3 ball finials to stone coping. To its left a chamfered flat headed 2-light window with segment headed lights and incised spandrels, to right of porch similar window of 3 lights. Early C19 wall memorial to far left. Stone coping. West gable has rubble base, offset angle buttresses and central pilaster buttress. Chamfered bands at eaves level and half way up. Central 2-light flat-headed window with arched lights and incised spandrels. Above a C17 double bellcote which has rusticated stonework with 4-centred-arched openings, moulded cornice, pyramidal gable with squat obelisk on top, flanked by 2 similar obelisks. North aisle: C19, 4 bays. Offset angle buttresses. Flat-headed chamfered ogee-traceried windows of 2 lights, except that to right of left-hand bay which is of 4 lights. Chamfered lancet to west end. Stone copings. Chancel: C19, 2 bays; diagonal offset eastern buttresses. South side: to left-hand bay a 2-light flat-headed chamfered window with round-headed lights. To right a tall thin chamfered 1-light flat-headed opening. Stone coping, gable cross. East window: 3-lights, in shallow pointed arch, the lights are stepped with pointed-arch heads, hoodmould. Wall memorials below. Interior: C19 3-bay north arcade with octagonal piers and moulded pointed arches, chancel arch similar. Medieval monument, recumbent effigy of knight, with bare head, chain mail, long mantle, crossed legs and large shield, feet on lion, c1320-30. Fine early C18 carved marble monument to George Laverson with pilasters and open pediment with 3 cherubs inside it.

Listing NGR: SE4261999748