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St Ippolyts (Church of England)

St Ippolyts (church Of England)

St Ippolyts

Hertfordshire

N and S aisles added, and chancel remodelled in early C14

Architectural Features

C14 W tower

C15 N and S porches and widened chancel arch

Flint rubble faced in coursed pebbles with stone dressings, tufa C11 dressings at junction of nave and narrower chancel on S side and to blocked S window and SE angle of nave, clunch or limestone for later work

Timber framed S porch with C17 red brick later infill to sides

Steep old red tile roofs

One N and 2 S windows C14 of 2-lights with tracery in pointed segmental arched head, lower sill to the W window on S with stained glass of 1851

Double aumbry in N wall by altar and C13 twin-arched combined piscina and credence with shaft between on S wall

Brass to Alice, wife of Ryce Hughes, d.1594, kneeling man, wife, children and inscription all on one plate

N and S walls pierced by wide early C14 arches 2 well separated on each side

Tufa dressings of original round headed late C11 window in wall above S arcade

Wider N aisle has had its windows largely renewed, the eastern one has stained glass by Shrigley & Hunt c.1929

C14 piscina on S side in back of pier beside pulpit, with ogee cusped head and trefoil sinking

Brass to Robert Poydres and Alice his wife, d.1401, incomplete inscription

Early C14 N doorway

The S aisle has a narrow 2-lights C14 E window with tracery in pointed head, remains of canopied niche on inner jamb, and a square-headed 2-light S window of some age to E of porch

Moulded clunch S door of early C14

C14 trefoil-headed piscina near E end of aisle and nearby a recess with the C14 recumbent effigy of a priest

C14 octagonal stone font on stem with engaged shafts

Set in N wall of S aisle a C13 arch stone with moulding, label, and dog-tooth ornament

Wooden arcaded screen with C15 central bay set up in chancel in C19 restoration and moved to tower arch c.1939

Tall square W tower with angle buttresses at W angles, string course below crenelated parapet, low pyramidal red tile roof topped by a lead covered preaching cross in place of a spire

3-lights C14 W window with tracery in the head and mullions renewed

Elaborate C15 N porch of clunch, renewed externally, with pointed entrance arch with square head and traceried spandrels, flanking buttresses, trefoil headed niches flanking entrance, and canopied niche over entrance

Timber framed C15 S porch has frame infilled by C17 red brick on each side but original elaborate S front with moulded bargeboards to roof verge