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Church of All Saints

A Grade II* Listed Building in Shepreth, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1081 / 52°6'29"N

Longitude: 0.0324 / 0°1'56"E

OS Eastings: 539282

OS Northings: 247479

OS Grid: TL392474

Mapcode National: GBR L8B.WHM

Mapcode Global: VHHKM.H8ZR

Plus Code: 9F42425J+6X

Entry Name: Church of All Saints

Listing Date: 22 November 1967

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1330821

English Heritage Legacy ID: 52359

ID on this website: 101330821

Location: All Saints' Church, Shepreth, South Cambridgeshire, SG8

County: Cambridgeshire

District: South Cambridgeshire

Civil Parish: Shepreth

Built-Up Area: Shepreth

Traditional County: Cambridgeshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Shepreth All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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Description


SHEPRETH CHURCH ROAD
TL 3947
(South Side)
21/307 Church of All
Saints
22.11.67
II*


Parish Church. C12 chancel arch, c.1200 nave, C13 South aisle and C14-C15
West Tower. Restored extensively in 1870, including north and south walls
ano fenestration of nave. West Tower C14-C15. Dressed clunch with some
Barnack limestone and flint flushwork in the plinth and buttresses. Spire
removed and tower much remodelled and repaired in 1774. Pyramidal roof.
West window of Ketton limestone, restored in C14-C15 style with vertical
tracery. Nave of c.1200 origin with repairs of 1370. North wall of gault
brick with slate roof. C13 style fenestration but a c.1200 north doorway
reinstated. Two centred arch of two chamfered orders, the outer order is on
columns with one capital carved with volutes and the other with foliate
ornament. The south aisle was narrowed by three feet in 1774. The chancel
was repaired in 1777. The walls are now rendered and the roof is C19.
Inserted in the north wall of the tower is a late C17 or early C18
headstone. Inside: C14-C15 tower arch. Two centred arch of two chamfered
orders, the outer continuous and the inner on half octagonal responds with
moulded capitals and bases. South arcade of c.1200. Four bays and part of a
fifth bay presumably removed when the tower was built. Two centred arches of
two hollow moulded orders on piers of quatrefoil section and moulded
capitals. Two of the- bases are unmoulded suggesting another alteration to
the church. The chancel arch, C12, is round headed and on the west side has
a roll moulding on angle shafts with capitals, one carved with volutes and an
abacus with chamfered lower edge. Inserted south of the chancel arch is a
C13 trefoil arch of clunch roll moulded, probably used a squint opening from
a south chapel to the chancel. Another C13 opening, blind, on North side has
been partly removed by the C19 north wall of the nave. North wall of chancel
has monument to John Layer (c.1586 - 1640) the antiquarian. The pulpit is
early C17 of oak on modern base and there are some C15-C16 enriched poppy
head finials, reset on modern bench ends. The font, C13 has an octagonal
bowl with volutes at the corner on central stem and four supports at the
corners.

Pevsner: Buildings of England p.455
V.C.H.: Cambs. Vol. 5 p.261
R.L.H.M.: Record Card (1949)


Listing NGR: TL3928247479

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