All Saints Church, Conington | |
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52°27′30″N 0°15′51″W / 52.4583°N 0.2642°W | |
OS grid reference | TL 179 858 |
Location | Conington, Cambridgeshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Redundant |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 28 January 1958 |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic |
Specifications | |
Materials | Limestone and fieldstone |
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Conington in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, [1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. [2] The church stands to the east of the village, between the A1 road and the East Coast Main Line. [2] [3]
A church was mentioned in the Domesday Survey. [4] It was rebuilt in about 1500. The embattled parapets were restored in 1638 by Sir Thomas Cotton. In 1841 the church was restored and the pews were replaced. A new east window was added in 1852. The tower was strengthened in 1862, and further repairs were undertaken between 1897 and 1899. [4]
All Saints is constructed in limestone rubble and fieldstone, with limestone dressings. [1] Its plan consists of a four- bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles with chapels at their east ends, a chancel, north and south porches, and a west tower. [1] [4] At the east end of the south aisle is a chapel. The tower is in four stages on a plinth decorated with quatrefoil ornament. At the corners are half-octagonal turrets rising to crocketted pinnacles. The parapet is battlemented with a quatrefoil frieze and gargoyles at the centre of each side. In the bottom stage is a west arched doorway, above which is five-light window. The bell openings in the top stage have four lights. The clerestory has three three-light windows and one five-light window on each side. Along the side of the south aisle are three four-light windows. The south chapel has a four-light south window, and a five-light east window. Between the aisle and the chapel is a rood turret with a polygonal roof and a foliated finial. The south porch is shallow and gabled with a tiled roof. The chancel has three-light windows in the north and south walls and a restored east window. [1]
Inside the church are four-bay arcades, the westernmost bays being wider than the others. In the south wall of the chancel is a three-seat sedilia and a piscina. The limestone octagonal font dates from the 15th century, and stands on a 19th-century base. In the church are monuments to the Cotton and Heathcote families. [1] Most of the furnishings date from 1841. [2] The organ was built by Miller and Son of Cambridge. [5] There is a ring of six bells, all cast by Thomas Mears II of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, five of them in 1827, and the sixth in 1834. [6] The clock is dated 1801 and is by Vulliamy of London. [2]
All Saints Church, Conington | |
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52°27′30″N 0°15′51″W / 52.4583°N 0.2642°W | |
OS grid reference | TL 179 858 |
Location | Conington, Cambridgeshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Redundant |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 28 January 1958 |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic |
Specifications | |
Materials | Limestone and fieldstone |
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Conington in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, [1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. [2] The church stands to the east of the village, between the A1 road and the East Coast Main Line. [2] [3]
A church was mentioned in the Domesday Survey. [4] It was rebuilt in about 1500. The embattled parapets were restored in 1638 by Sir Thomas Cotton. In 1841 the church was restored and the pews were replaced. A new east window was added in 1852. The tower was strengthened in 1862, and further repairs were undertaken between 1897 and 1899. [4]
All Saints is constructed in limestone rubble and fieldstone, with limestone dressings. [1] Its plan consists of a four- bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles with chapels at their east ends, a chancel, north and south porches, and a west tower. [1] [4] At the east end of the south aisle is a chapel. The tower is in four stages on a plinth decorated with quatrefoil ornament. At the corners are half-octagonal turrets rising to crocketted pinnacles. The parapet is battlemented with a quatrefoil frieze and gargoyles at the centre of each side. In the bottom stage is a west arched doorway, above which is five-light window. The bell openings in the top stage have four lights. The clerestory has three three-light windows and one five-light window on each side. Along the side of the south aisle are three four-light windows. The south chapel has a four-light south window, and a five-light east window. Between the aisle and the chapel is a rood turret with a polygonal roof and a foliated finial. The south porch is shallow and gabled with a tiled roof. The chancel has three-light windows in the north and south walls and a restored east window. [1]
Inside the church are four-bay arcades, the westernmost bays being wider than the others. In the south wall of the chancel is a three-seat sedilia and a piscina. The limestone octagonal font dates from the 15th century, and stands on a 19th-century base. In the church are monuments to the Cotton and Heathcote families. [1] Most of the furnishings date from 1841. [2] The organ was built by Miller and Son of Cambridge. [5] There is a ring of six bells, all cast by Thomas Mears II of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, five of them in 1827, and the sixth in 1834. [6] The clock is dated 1801 and is by Vulliamy of London. [2]