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All Saints

All Saints

Pytchley

Northamptonshire

C12, C13, C14, C15, chancel restored 1861, nave and aisles restored 1903

Architectural Features

West tower, C13 and C14, 4 stages, has chamfered plinth and string courses, crenellated parapet with gargoyles and pinnacles, pyramid rood with weathercock

First stage has to west a late C14 moulded doorway with 2-leaf plank door and above it, a Y-traceried lancet, restored, both with hood moulds

Parapeted clerestory has to north 4 and to south 5 C14 Decorated double lancets

Each end has a restored early C15 transomed triple lancet with panel tracery and hood mould

To west of the side chapel, a double chamfered C14 doorway with hood mould

To west, a C13 paired lancet

North gable has a restored C13 double lancet with hood mould

Buttressed south porch, C14, has coped gable with sundial finial

C13 doorway with filleted moulding, shafts with crocketed capitals, hood mould and C16 plank door and hinges

North side has a near-central blocked doorway flanked to left by a C14 piscina and to right by a blocked doorway

South side has to left a restored C14 doorway flanked to left by a blocked low side window, and a central C19 Geometrical triple lancet, flanked to left by a similar double lancet and to right by a more squat triple lancet

C14 double chamfered tower arch has octagonal responds and C19 traceried wooden screen

4-bay north arcade has 2 C12 bays to west with round pier, scrolled capital and single stepped arches with painted decoration

Eastern bays, mid C13, have quatrefoil piers with one oak leaf capital, differently chamfered arches, hood moulds and mask stops

4-bay south arcade, C13, has quatrefoil piers and responds with 3 leaf capitals and a single moulded capital to east

Restored C15 roof has moulded cambered tie-beams with struts to wall shafts

North aisle has to left, blind-arcaded timber porch with double doors, 1844, and to its right, double chamfered opening to side chapel, with C17 carved panelled screen

East end has to left a re-set C13 piscina and to right a C20 aumbry, both with re-set cross-incised lintels

Restored C15 roof with cambered tie-beams and wall shafts on mask corbels

East end has 2 stained glass windows, mid and late C20

East end has a C14 style oak reredos, 1952

South side has late C14 cusped ogee headed piscina and sedilia in moulded flat headed frame

Fittings include round C12 font, restored and inscribed 1838, with cove sided bowl and C19 turned cover

C17 pew and octagonal pulpit and priest's chair made from C17 carved panels

C14 chest

Large painted panel, 1661, with Royal arms, churchwardens' names and text. memorials include 3 mid C19 marble and slate tablets and 2 war memorial brasses.