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All Saints

All Saints

Barwick in Elmet

West Yorkshire

Fragmentary remains of Anglo Saxon and Norman church

Architectural Features

C14 chancel

C15 aisles, clerestorey and tower, repaired with new parapet and pinnacles c1869

mid C16 south porch and chancel vestry doorway

3-light window above has panel tracery, hoodmould with carved face stops

above left, niche with sculpture of the benefactor Sir Henry Vavasour holding in his hands a block of stone, inscription under has date 1455

Set within, 2-centred arched doorway with richly-moulded surround, hoodmould with carved face stops.

Coped gable to nave surmounted by carved apex-stone with cross.

Anglo-Saxon herringbone masonry to each face, renewed windows one retaining original limestone double- chamfered surround, articulated by offset buttresses

C19 chancel arch carried on corbels with carved heads.

Chancel: Norman window with deeply-splayed sides, projecting moulded cornice.

Curious vestry doorway has ogee lintel and hollow chamfered surround with Decorated hoodmould, carved face stops of crowned kings.

3-bay C19 hammer-beam roof with finely-carved angels.

Furnishings: hexagonal Georgian pulpit with oak raised-and-fielded panels, carved mouldings and inlaid panels, dentil cornice, carved reading desk on consoles.

Monuments: memorial to William Eamonson of Lazingcroft c1781 has segmental broken-pediment surmounted by urn, apron decorated with shells.

2 marble monuments, memorials to the Wilkinsons of Potterton Hall (q.v.).

Raised stone slab with the Gascoigne coat above medieval grave slab.

Monument to William Vevers of Scholes c1767 has segmental pediment surmounted by open triangular pediment, cartouche with heraldic coat.

Good memorial to William Ellis of Kiddal Hall (q.v.) c1771.

C19 stained glass: east window by Clayton and Bell (London) c1867, east window of north aisle c1858 for the Gascoigne family with heraldic symbols and knights in C17 armour and tabards.