Weight: 784 lbs Diameter: 33.5" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by William Brend 1626
Dove Bell ID: 3759 Tower ID: 12703 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Kirby Cane: All Saints
Overview
Grid reference: TM 373 941
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 272 m²
Exterior Description
Medieval with C18 additions. Flint with limestone dressings, flintwork partly rendered over. Pantiled roofs, hipped over north aisle. West tower, nave, south porch, north aisle, chancel, north vestry. Round west tower, probably pre-Conquest, with pilaster strips around base. Wide single light bell openings; later castellated brick parapet. West window of two lights much repaired and rendered over. South porch entrance arch much obscured by later render; stoup on east side of opening partly infilled in red brick. Short diagonal buttresses to gable, the lower sections in red brick, flushwork panels and stone dressings above. Blocked east and west porch windows. Good C12 south doorway with decorated shafts and capitals, arches with zigzag and roll mouldings; continuous zigzag around inner order. Hood mould with flower motif and keystone with beast's head carving. Two 2-light south nave windows, one with sub-divided Perpendicular head, the eastern window with cusped Y-tracery. Two cusped Y tracery windows in south wall of chancel, with blocked priest's door between. Two small high level windows with semicircular heads, one much restored. Short diagonal buttress of two stages at south-east corner, the north-east corner buttress rebuilt in brick. East window of three lights with cusped inter- secting tracery. North wall of chancel partly rebuilt in red brick with pantiled lean-to in north-east angle. North aisle with steeply pitched hipped roof; one double and one single lancet in north wall with small blocked trefoil-headed window at high level and blocked doorway below. Restored 3-light window with intersecting tracery in west wall.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Scissor-braced nave roof; chancel ceiling plastered and coved on a moulded cornice, the eastern end of the chancel has a flat ceiling. North aisle ceiling plastered and coved with a flat centre. North arcade of three bays, double chamfered arches on massive octagonal piers; a further two bays continue into the chancel, the eastern bay now blocked. Chancel arch double-chamfered with fragments of hood mould and capitals. Rood stair rising from window cill level, south-east corner of nave. Narrow semicircular headed tower arch. C16 chest tomb in chancel, against blocked eastern bay of arcade, with three panels of arms. On the north wall of chancel, a monument to Elizabeth Catelyne (d.1681) - broken segmental pediment on Ionic columns on figure corbels; also a tablet commemorating the building of the vestry in 1738 by Sir Charles Turner in memory of Sir Neville Catelyn and his wife. Some good floor slabs in chancel, including one to John Watson, rector of Kirby Cane, ejected 1646 during the Rebellion. C17 communion rail with turned balusters. C17 octagonal pulpit. Font C14 octagonal; bowl with traceried panels, figure corbels below bowl, and engaged shafts around the stem.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Weight: 336 lbs Diameter: 24" Bell 2 of 5
Founded by William Brend 1626
Dove Bell ID: 27198 Tower ID: 12703 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 476 lbs Diameter: 27.25" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by Edward Tooke 1677
Dove Bell ID: 27199 Tower ID: 12703 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 560 lbs Diameter: 29.25" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Edward Tooke 1677
Dove Bell ID: 27200 Tower ID: 12703 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 672 lbs Diameter: 32" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1811
Dove Bell ID: 27201 Tower ID: 12703 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TM 373 941
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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| Name | Status | Number found in this site |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar of Lebanon | Notabletree | 1 |
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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