Church of All Saints Holbrook, England

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TM 13 NE HOLBROOK CHURCH ROAD

2/26 Church of All Saints

22/2/55

GV II*

Parish church. C14 chancel and nave with C15 repairs to upper parts, C15 south aisle, C14 south tower incorporating south porch, circa 1863 north aisle with porch at western re-entrant angle. C19 north chapel. Flint rubble, septaria, ashlar, C15 and later red brick stone dressings. Grey slate and lead roofs. Chancel: Stuccoed east wall, angle buttresses, depressed gable with cross finial, window of 4 cinquefoiled lights, tracery over, chamfered 2-centred arch, label with king and queen stops. Band below window continues through south wall. South wall of rubble and red brick, parapet continues through nave, band with gargoyles. South window of 3 cinquefoiled ogee lights, tracery over, 4-centred head and label. South aisle: South wall mainly stuccoed, red brick parapet, red brick east wall. Plinth, angle and 2 central buttresses. 3 windows with buttresses between, the eastern window blocked, each of 3 cinquefoiled ogee lights, tracery over, 4-centred heads and labels, the eastern window similar but taller and with different tracery. Blocked doorway to west of windows, stop chamfered 2-centred arch and label. East wall window, C19, 4 cinquefoiled ogee lights above and below transom, 4-centred head and label. South west tower of 3 stages, band to each stage. Parapet raised at angles. North western polygonal crenellated stair turret raised above parapet. Gargoyles below parapet. Each face of the bell chamber has a window of 2 cinque- foiled lights 2-centred heads, 2-centred arches and labels. Second stage, south, east and west faces, small single light windows, cinquefoiled 2-centred arches and labels. Ground floor western and eastern windows, 2 cinquefoiled lights above and below transom, moulded 2-centred arch, foliate stops to label. Flint flushwork to plinth. South doorway, moulded 2-centred arch, semi-octagonal jamb shafts, moulded capitals. Above the doorway is a niche with cinquefoiled 2-centred head. The fabric surrounding the doorway and below the niche is of septaria rubble rather than flint and brick rubble. Nave, west wall, formerly gabled and of stone rubble, this wall has been raised with red brick to a depressed gable, corner buttresses, plastered dado with 3 disc dials below the window. Red brick window of 4 lights, 2-centred heads, Y-tracery, 2-centred head, stone label with head stops, band below window. North wall, the lower area of rubble, the upper of red brick with parapet. Adjacent to the north aisle is a blocked red brick window of 2 round-headed lights, square head and label, this partly concealed by north aisle. Below this window is an angled porch with pointed roof of stone tiles, moulded 2-centre arched doorway, label with foliate stops. C19 north aisle, north wall has 4 buttresses with 3-light windows, roundels, 2-centre arched heads between, band below windows carries through, west wall window of 2 lights, Y-tracery, moulded 2-centred arch. North chapel, east wall, bowed trefoil light, label carries over 2-centred arch doorway, north wall, 2-light window under a square head. Interior:- West porch. Tierceron vault, moulded ribs, foliate bosses to central octagon, angel heads to wall apices, wall shafts with moulded bases, moulded and crenellated capitals. Inner doorway, moulded and stop chamfered 2-centred arch. Door of 5 nailed boards, 4 strap hinges. Square brick floor. There is no division between chancel and nave. Roof of 8 bays. Heavy chamfered tie-beams, pegged solid brackets from wall posts to tie-beams. Very short chamfered king posts, chamfered ridge board, chamfered side purlins, plain wall plates. C19 coloured tiled floor throughout. Chancel: C19 stone reredos of 5 trefoiled arches, cusped roundels over, 3 flanking trefoiled arches to each side. C19 altar rails, wooden posts, foliate brackets, moulded rail. South wall, double piscinae, 2 trefoiled arches, blank quatrefoil over, 2