Description

NZ 61 NE LOCKWOOD BOOSBECK ROAD (off east
side), Boosbeck

3/67 Church of St. Aidan.
25.5.66
II

Church, 1899/1900, by W.S. Hicks. Snecked, rockfaced sandstone rubble
with ashlar quoins and dressings. Gaelic clay tiled roofs. Norman revival.
Cruciform plan with north vestry and west porch. Clasping buttresses.
Gabled porch has round-headed west doorway with billet-moulded hoodmould and
imposts continued as string courses; 2 boarded doors in Caernarvon-arched
openings below enriched tympanum. 4-bay nave has tall, chamfered,
round-headed lancets with leaded lights and hoodmoulds. String course below
sills. 2 windows in transepts and south doorway in south transept. Paired
west window recessed behind single round-headed arch with imposts. Bellcote
with cross finial and one bell, on west gable of nave. Slightly lower 3-bay
chancel has 2-tier tripartite east window. Interior: 2-bay transept arcades
with octagonal piers and square responds. Barrel roofs to nave and chancel.
Stained glass of c.1903/05 in east window. Square stone font bowl with
continuous guilloche moulding to sides, on circular pedestal, moulded base
and square plinth with waterleaf carvings at angles.

Listing NGR: NZ6619316873

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432539

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)