Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE SALT DRAKE
SE 0221 and SE 0321
(east side),
17/209 Cottonstones
Church of St Mary
- II
Church. 1848 with later additions. Coursed squared stone, stone slate roof.
Early English style. West tower, 5-bay nave, 1-bay apsidal chancel with north
and south additions. Tower: 3 stages. Off-set angle buttresses, band at each
stage. Western pointed-arch doorway has moulded surround with colonettes (one
gone); 2-light Y-tracery window with hoodmould to 2nd stage; 2-light cusped belfry
window. Corbel table. Steeple with vesica and finial. Nave: plinth, cill band,
bays divided by gabled buttresses; lancet windows; corbelled parapet with gable
coping and pinnacles at each end. Chancel: lower east end has 3-sided apse with
lancet to each face. Interior: nave: formerly a western gallery; corbelled roof
trusses with ogee struts. Pointed chancel arch on corbelled attached columns.
Apse: colums support ribs with central boss. Box pews in remnant of nave. Later
traceried panelled reredos with fruit and foliage frieze; later pulpit; open-work
altar rail. At time of resurvey being restored and western half of nave converted
to social area.

Listing NGR: SE0287421661

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427847

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)