British Listed Buildings

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Listing Text

DEANSHANGER WICKEN ROAD
SP7639 (North side)
18/29 Church of Holy Trinity

II

Church. Built 1853 as chapel-of-ease by Benjamin Ferrey at a cost of £3,000.
Coursed squared limestone slate roof. Chancel, vestry, nave, north aisle and
south porch. Early English style. 3-bay chancel has triple lancet east window
and lancets to south; string course at level of springing of arches carried over
windows as hood moulds. Vestry to north has gabled roof, 3-light window to north
and stone internal stack. North aisle abuts vestry and has double-chamfered door
to north-east with hood would, coupled lancet windows to north and 2-light
window to west with plate tracery and hood mould. Nave has 2-light windows to
south and west with similar tracery and lancet window to east of porch, all with
hood moulds. Double-chamfered south door with hood mould in gabled timber porch
on low stone walls. West end of nave has two lancet windows and circular
sexfoiled window to gable above, all within large relieving arch supporting
bell-cote to west gable. Bell-cote has stepped gable to 3 arches for bells.
Chamfered plinth, chamfered stone eaves and stone-coped gables with kneelers.
C20 church hall addition to north aisle is not of special architectural
interest. Interior: nave has 4-bay arcade with circular pillars and
double-chamfered arches. C19 stain-glass windows to nave and chancel.
(Buildings of England: Northamptonshire: 1973, p176; Kelly's Directory for
Northamptonshire: 1936)


Listing NGR: SP7613239591

Source: English Heritage

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