Diameter: 11.25" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Unidentified (blank)
Dove Bell ID: 58293 Tower ID: 22506 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nuneham Courtenay: All Saints Old Church
Overview
Grid reference: SU 541 982
The church is built of sandstone and the exterior is unemphatic. The west wall has angle buttresses and is relieved only by two lancet lights with a vesica above. The lancets have plain drip-mouldings and the vesica is also surrounded by a plain raised moulding. The north wall of the nave has three windows, each comprising two lancets and a quatrefoil in plate tracery. All the windows have drip-mouldings with small stops.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave and chancel with organ chamber and mortuary chapel both on the south side. At the east end of the chapel rises a stone bell cote.
Description of Archaeology and History
The church was erected in 1874/80 at the behest of E.W. Harcourt and to the designs of Clapton Crab Rolfe. A small family mortuary chapel was added in 1890, and is an adaption of the Harcourt Chapel at Stanton Harcourt.
Exterior Description
The church is built of sandstone and the exterior is unemphatic. The west wall has angle buttresses and is relieved only by two lancet lights with a vesica above. The lancets have plain drip-mouldings and the vesica is also surrounded by a plain raised moulding. The north wall of the nave has three windows, each comprising two lancets and a quatrefoil in plate tracery. All the windows have drip-mouldings with small stops. The north side of the chancel is pierced by a smaller two-light lancet window, and further east is a single trefoiled light above a short section of battering. The east wall is also devoid of any surface ornament and is pierced by a window of three unequal lights with two plain roundels in the thin tracery work. Adjoining the nave on the south side is a small mortuary chapel in the PerpendicIlar style, a contrast to the rest of the church which is consistently in the style of the 13th century. The chapel has a shallow pitched roof with a heavy parapet pierced with quatrefoils. In the centre of the east wall is a four-light Perpendicular window with a bifurcating principal mullion and ogee trefoiling to the tracery sections.
The south, or entrance, front of the church presents by far the most elaborate grouping. The entrance at the west end of the nave wall is emphasised by a tall broad gable topped by a cross. The doorway itself has a boldly trefoiled head set under a triple-moulded pointed segmental arch. The jambs of the doorway have attached shafts with bold rings at their mid-points. East of the doorway are two windows like those on the north side with a buttress between them. At the extreme east end of the nave wall is a small transept with an apsidal end. The wall of this feature is battered, and above the battering is a blind arcade on small columns with three plain square-headed windows under the three central arches. In the west face of the transept is a doorway with a shouldered head and a pointed segmental drip-moulding. The steeply pitched roof with its curved and forms a strong element in the composition of this side of the building.
Interior
Interior Description
Internally the church presents a severe appearance. The walls are unplastered and the windows all have rere-arches which diminish the amount of light admitted. The plain timber roof is of scissor-beam construction. There is no screen, and the tall shafted chancel arch permits a clear view of the wide chancel which has a waggon roof. On the south side a multiple moulded arch on spindly triple responds opens into the chapel. The lower part of the opening is filled with wrought iron railings. The chapel itself has a heavy timber roof of shallow pitch, and the wall plates are ornamented with carved stylised roses. As in the body of the church, the windows are set into reveals with chamfered rere—arches. Under the east window of the chapel is a broad ledge, below which is a plain pedestal set into the wall.
Fixtures and fittings
Organ (object)
2 manual by R.W. Rouse of Summertown (Oxford).
Pew (object)
At the west end of the nave is the large Harcourt family pew.
Stall
The choir stalls are evidently later than the pews in date and show signs of the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement, especially in the pierced backs and curiously carved end pieces.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: SU 541 982
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
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'Seek advice' Species
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