All Saints Church, Harthill
All Saints Church, Harthill | |
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Anglican | |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Redundant |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 1 March 1967 |
Architectural type | Church |
Groundbreaking | 1609 |
Completed | 1863 |
Specifications | |
Length | 65 feet (20 m) |
Width | 24 feet (7 m) |
Materials | Ashlar red and buff sandstone Welsh slate roof with stone ridge |
All Saints Church is a
History
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
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]
See also
References
- ^ a b Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Harthill (1278683)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 August 2012
- ^ Harthill Creative Centre, Harthill Trust, archived from the original on 14 July 2011, retrieved 10 September 2007
- ^ OCLC 719918
- ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
- ^ Historic England, "Barbour Mausoleum in All Saints Churchyard, Harthill (1230247)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 August 2012
- ^ Historic England, "Cross outside porch of All Saints Church, Harthill (1278621)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 August 2012
- ^ Historic England, "Sundial in All Saints Churchyard, Harthill (1230359)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 August 2012
- ^ HARTHILL (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 3 February 2013