Posts Tagged ‘tower’
St Luke’s church at Cold Higham is a C13 building with a Norman saddleback roof tower. Currently on the “Heritage At Risk Register” which states that “structural movement to the east end has occurred leaving the masonry vulnerable to water ingress and there is erosion of all ironstone; this is a particular concern at high level on the tower.” On the outside wall on the south side of of the chancel is a C14 tomb recess.
The church yard contains a number of C17 and C18 grave stones.
The three light curvilinear east window dates from the early C14, and the south wall has a leper squint into the south chapel, which is now blocked by the tomb monument to Sir John de Patteshall (d1349). See also Radstone. The nave is of 4 bays.
The tomb consists of an effigy of a cross legged knight made from oak, with the knights feet resting on a lion.
There are two windows containing victorian stained glass a 1-light window of Matha and Mary with Jesus, and a 2-light window depicing Mattew and Mark.
Tags: effigy, leper, luke, medieval, norman, stained glass, tower
The church of St Peter at Market Bosworth was built from the early to mid C14.
View of chancel from nave and of the nave from the chancel.
The hexagonal font is C14 and consists of sculpted shields beneath ogee arches.
The five light east window is by Kempe (1900) and shows the Annunciation, Madonna and child, and Epiphany. Another three light window in the south aisle is by Kempe and consists of St George, St Peter, and the Virgin Mary.
Other stained glass in the church are Chist surrounded by the four evangelists, the good Samaritan, and a mid C20 Madonna and Child.
The stained glass window depicting the Supper at Emmaus is dated 1925 and dedicated to the rector Percy Harris Bowers.
There are two monuments of note an early C19 casket dedicated to Wolston Dixie, his wife and nine children. The old monument is of the Reverend John Dixie (d1719) which is a reclining woman and roccoco cartouche.
Tags: kempe, perpendicular, peter, stained glass, tower
Early C14 decorated church with perpendicular tower. The church yard contains the memorial to Ada Augusta Lovelace, the mathematician daughter of Lord Byron, who is reputed to have written the first computer program, alongside Charles Babbage.
Tags: decorated, perpendicular, tomb, tower
Elmesthorpe – St Mary
Archives
- May 2025 (4)
- November 2024 (1)
- November 2023 (7)
- December 2022 (1)
- December 2021 (1)
- October 2021 (2)
- September 2021 (3)
- August 2021 (3)
- October 2011 (1)
- July 2011 (2)
- March 2011 (1)
- February 2011 (2)
- May 2010 (2)
- April 2010 (2)
- March 2010 (2)
- February 2010 (1)
- January 2010 (1)
- December 2009 (1)
- November 2009 (1)
- October 2009 (1)
- August 2009 (1)
- July 2009 (1)
- June 2009 (2)
- May 2009 (1)
- March 2009 (5)
- February 2009 (1)
- January 2009 (6)
- December 2008 (8)
- November 2008 (8)
- October 2008 (12)
Blogroll
Academic
- British History Online Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and
- Images of England Images of England provides photographs and images of the historic buildings of England, listed buildings and archived data.
- Vidimus On-line magazine devoted to medieval stained glass.
- Warwickshire's Past Unlocked Warwickshire’s Past Unlocked is an on-line catalogue of many of the archives held at Warwickshire County Record Office.
Photographic
- Warwickshire Parish Churches A flickr group to celebrate the beauty of Parish Churches in the County of Warwickshire
- Churches of Northamptonshire Photographs of the churches within the County of Northamptonshire.
- Ecclesiastica A Photographic Tour of the Churches of the United Kingdom
Blogroll
Copyright
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.