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All Saints

All Saints

Hooton Pagnell

South Yorkshire

Rubble and ashlar limestone, red tile roofs.

Architectural Features

Moulded offset beneath two C14, ashlar stages, south and north clock faces, 2-light belfry openings with louvres and cusped Y-tracery.

String course with gargoyles

South doorway within has ancient oak door with some medieval ironwork, round arch with 5 incised voussoirs and simple hood

medieval grave-slab fragments in porch walls.

Massive buttress to far right, dated 1677, has 2 lancets in ashlar walling on its left.

Interior: round tower arch probably rebuilt in C14.

C13 north arcade of 2 bays has cylindrical pier with crocketed, octagonal capital, keeled imposts and chamfered, pointed arches.

Chancel arch: c12, shafts and roll-moulded Vpussoirs on west side, carved imposts with cable mould beneath lozenges.

Chamfered round arch into north chapel probably c15

Sedilia with 2, distorted,round arches with 2 medieval grave slabs in back wall.

Beneath tower are: cylindrical Norman font (brought from elsewhere), late medieval oak panels, 3 benefactions boards and 2 medieval grave slabs (against west wall).

Early C18 pulpit with marquetry panels.

Wall monument in north chapel to John Stanhope(d1674): cartouche with draped sarcophagus over, skull with arms.

P. F. Ryder, Saxon Churches in South Yorkshire, South Yorkshire County Council County Archaeology Monograph No 2, 1982, pp63-70.