A chapel on this site is first mentioned in 1280. It is likely that this earlier church was
timber-framed. The present church was built in 1609.
Restoration was carried out in 1862–63, and at this time a
vestry was added to the north side and a larger
belfry was erected.[3]
Architecture
The church is built in
ashlar red and buff
sandstone with a
Welsh slate roof and a stone ridge. The five-
baynave and
chancel are in one range, and there is a south porch and a north vestry. Inside the church is a
hammerbeam roof.[1] The windows are square-headed, those on the sides having four lights, while the east window has six lights with a
transom.[3] The porch contains
churchwardens' inscriptions date 1611 and 1775. Inside the church is the framework of a screen bearing the date 1609. The stained glass includes the east window dating from 1885 to 1887, which was designed by
Carl Almquist and made by
Shrigley and Hunt. A north window in the chancel, dated 1908, is by
Mary Lowndes.[4]
External features
In the churchyard to the east of the former church is a
mausoleum dated 1885 which is constructed in
ashlar buff sandstone with
granite dressings. It is rectangular in plan with a stepped hipped cap surmounted by a slab with a cross upon it. On the long sides are six short
pilasters and on the short sides four pilasters. The side panels are inscribed with memorials to members of the Barbour family of
Bolesworth Castle.[5] Also in the churchyard is a sandstone cross from the 11th or 12th century,[6] and a
sundial dated 1778 consisting of a sandstone column on an old millstone.[7] All these structures are listed at Grade II. North of the church are two war graves of soldiers of
World War I.[8]
A chapel on this site is first mentioned in 1280. It is likely that this earlier church was
timber-framed. The present church was built in 1609.
Restoration was carried out in 1862–63, and at this time a
vestry was added to the north side and a larger
belfry was erected.[3]
Architecture
The church is built in
ashlar red and buff
sandstone with a
Welsh slate roof and a stone ridge. The five-
baynave and
chancel are in one range, and there is a south porch and a north vestry. Inside the church is a
hammerbeam roof.[1] The windows are square-headed, those on the sides having four lights, while the east window has six lights with a
transom.[3] The porch contains
churchwardens' inscriptions date 1611 and 1775. Inside the church is the framework of a screen bearing the date 1609. The stained glass includes the east window dating from 1885 to 1887, which was designed by
Carl Almquist and made by
Shrigley and Hunt. A north window in the chancel, dated 1908, is by
Mary Lowndes.[4]
External features
In the churchyard to the east of the former church is a
mausoleum dated 1885 which is constructed in
ashlar buff sandstone with
granite dressings. It is rectangular in plan with a stepped hipped cap surmounted by a slab with a cross upon it. On the long sides are six short
pilasters and on the short sides four pilasters. The side panels are inscribed with memorials to members of the Barbour family of
Bolesworth Castle.[5] Also in the churchyard is a sandstone cross from the 11th or 12th century,[6] and a
sundial dated 1778 consisting of a sandstone column on an old millstone.[7] All these structures are listed at Grade II. North of the church are two war graves of soldiers of
World War I.[8]