Midland Churches
Byfield – Holy Cross.
Built of Limestone with sandstone dressings this is mainly a C14/C15 church in the Decorated style. The upper part of the tower is in the Perpendicular style with battlements and a recessed spire.
The church contains a number of staimed glass windows by the major designers of the age. Including the work [...]
Upper Boddington – St. John the Baptist.
St. John the Baptist is built of Limestone and Shale and dates from the C13 and C14, with the addition of a C17 porch. The chancel arch is double chamfered chancel arch and 4 bayed nave.
The west tower and door are C14 as are the corbel heads in the nave roof.
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Old Arley – St. Wilfred
Mostly built of red sandstone, this C14 church is in the decorated style, including the tower, nave and chancel. The remains of part of the north wall of the nave maybe C12 – C13.
Recently the old lead on the roof was discovered to have a number of inscribed footprints, numbered, initialed and dated [...]
Raunds – St. Peter.
Rebuilt upon an earlier Norman church the current building dates from about 1225 and is constructed from the local Limestone in the Early English style. The east window is c1275 with six lights, six quatrefoiled circles, and a large octofoiled circle in the head. The broached spire was rebuilt in 1826 after having being [...]
Baginton – St. John the Baptist.
Built of red sandstone and dates from the early C13. In consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle and double north aisle. The outer north aisle is probably mid to late C13.
The bell turret and spire that rises above the east wall of the nave is probably the reason for the chancel arches, which [...]
Radway – St. Peter.
Built from Hornton stone in 1866 by C. Buckeridge with a west tower and broached spire. The present church of St. Peter replaces a small medieval church that was located at the other end of the village.
No records remain as to when the earlier church was built, it was certainly after 1086 as there [...]
Farnborough – St. Botolph.
Built from coursed ironstone St. Botolph is mosty in the Decorated style with a C14 nave, chancel, porch and lower part of tower. However an earlier C12 building was once on the site as can be seen from the reused south doorway, and the chancel arch. The upper part of the tower is dated 1611.
The [...]
