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St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew

Kirkwhelpington

Northumberland

C12 fragments.

Architectural Features

Chancel and nave largely C13 with C15 alterations.

Lower masonry C12 or C13.

Low, late Perpendicular west door with Tudor lintel.

Buttresses of various dates C13-C16.

Similar windows in 3-bay C13 nave.

South porch, possibly C16, has plain chamfered round arch and sundial above dated 1764.

South door is C13 and has 2 orders of columns, with nailhead in the capitals, and multi-moulded arch.

This may have been chancel arch of earlier church and has C12

C13 fragments built into wall which blocks it.

C13 chancel arch with octagonal responds.

Trefoiled sedilia with slender C13 shafts.

C17 octagonal font using upturned C14 capital as base.

Mahogany pulpit with tester, 1797.

Medieval grave cover with foliated cross used as lintel of north lancet.