Hadnall
Shropshire
C14, tower of c.1840, church restored and enlarged in 1872-4 at cost of £1,000 and further restored and altered, and vestry added, in 1903-4 at the expense of F. Bibby of Hardwicke Grange in memory of his father J. J. Bibby Dressed grey sandstone with grey sandstone ashlar additions (west tower tooled)
plain tile toofs.
Tower in late C13 Gothic style
late C19 and early C20 work in a C14 Gothic style.
Diagonal buttresses with chamfered offsets up to top of second stage, chamfered offset to second stage, moulded string to belfry, moulded parapet string course with carved decoration and corner gargoyles, stepped battlemented parapet with ogee trefoiled-panels, and pyramidal cap with weathervane.
first-stage chamfered west lancet with cinquefoil head, hoodmould with carved stops, and chamfered offset rased over above.
Nave: chamfered plinth, restored C14 buttresses (angle at corners) with steeply chamfered offsets, moulded parapet string course, C19 battlemented parapet with trefoil-headed panels at ends, C19 clerestory with triple trefoil- headed lights, and parapeted gable end to east with cross at apex.
Lead downpipes with shaped rainwater heads fed by carved stone gargoyles.
South side: C14 and C19 windows to right with two trefoil-headed lights, cusped tracery and double-chamfered reveals
C12 round-arched doorway in second bay from left with returned hoodmould and c.1903-4 panelled door with glazed trefoiled panels and elaborate ironwork including lock plate and hinges.
Blocked C12 doorway in second bay from west with chamfered reveals, imposts, roll-moulded round arch and returned hoodmould.
Chancel: circa 1903-4, except for C14 east wall.
Lead downpipe to south fed by stone gargoyle.
C14 east window of three ogee trefoil-headed lights with reticulated tracery, moulded reveals and hoodmould (formerly returned).
INTERIOR: late C19 or early C20 five-bay nave roof with chamfered ogee arch-braced collars springing from hammer beams with billet decoration and shields resting on carved stone foliage corbels
2-bay chancel roof with cusped moulded arch-braced collars springing from hammer beams on carved stone foliage corbels, carved and crested wall plate, pierced screen over ashlar pieces, and single purlins with cusped ceils below.
Double- chamfered tower arch with chamfer dying into responds and hoodmould with carved stops
Late C19 or early C20 chamfered and moulded chancel arch with inner moulding dying into responds and hoodmould with carved stops.
C14 piscina to south-east of nave with chamfered ogee arch.
C14 east window with moulded rear arch.
Elaborate carved wooden reredos with traceried panels, pierced cusping and cresting.
desks and vicar's pew with traceried panels and carved animal poppyheads, pelican etc. Sumptuous organ screen with central canted break, cresting etc. 3-bay chancel screen with traceried lower panels, open upper panels with pierced tracery and twisted shafts, and decorative canopy with pierced cresting.
Eagle lectern.
Wooden pulpit with canted front, traceried panels, twisted shafts, scalloped top with adjustable reading desk, and four steps up.
Movable benches at rear of nave with C17-style splat-baluster backs.
Octagonal carved stone font from Malta given by Mr Bibby in 1880 and consisting of marble shafts and floral decoration
carved wooden canopy of 1923.
Monument: tablet to Rowland, First Viscount Hill by Thomas Carline with mourning grenadier and tenant flanking lion.
Stained glass: east window of 1888 and north and south nave windows of 1892 and 1897, by C. E. Kempe.
D.H.S. Cranage, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, Shrewsbury Churches, pp.857-8