Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST OSWALD (1.15.1)
Please read our guidance page about heritage designations.
Grade | I |
---|---|
Authority | |
EH LBS Legacy ID | 241450 |
Date assigned | Wednesday, February 1, 1967 |
Date last amended |
Description
Parish church. C15. With the exception of the tower the church was rebuilt in 1862. Ashlar. Slate roofs. Coped gables with single ridge crosses to the east end of the nave and chancel. Set on a plinth. Tower, nave, north aisle and chancel. The C15 tower with embattled parapet and 4 crocketed pinnacles has 2 gargoyles on the north side and the remains of single gargoyles to both the west and south sides. The diagonal buttresses are gabled part way up where they are decorated with crockets. There are single string courses extending over the plinth and at the juncture of each of the 4 stages. The west is of 3 stages. West doorway with pointed arched surround, hood mould, label stops and wooden door. Above is a single ogee arched and vaulted niche with 2 bosses, the arch is decorated with crockets, over is a hood mould with grotesque head label stops and ornate finial. Above is a single large moulded arched window with 4 lights, panel tracery, cusping, hood mould, figurative label stops and finial. There are 4 very large arched andtraceried belfry openings each with 4 arched and cusped lights surmounted by a further 4 similar lights. There are 3, 4 and single small rectangular stair lights to the west, south and north sides respectively. The east side has evidence of a former nave roof. The north aisle has 3 two light windows with tracery and cusping under flat arches. The east wall has a single 2 light arched window with tracery and cusping. The north chancel wail has a single arched, traceried and cusped light with hood mould and head label stops. The east wall has a single 3 light arched, traceried and cusped window with hood mould, head label stops and sill band with foliate stops. In the apex is a single trefoil. The south chancel has a single 2 light window with cusping and single stone transom under a flat arch. The south nave has 3 arched 2 light Y traceried windows with hood moulds, label stops and carved head finials. Interior. 3 bay nave arcade with double chamfered arches supported on circular columns with moulded capitals and, at the west and east sides, on foliate decorated corbels. The double chamfered chancel arch is supported on slim engaged columns with foliate decorated capitals. The tall double chamfered tower arch has foliate decorated imposts, the angles below the imposts are decorated with ribs and there are blind cusped panels at the base. The south chancel wall has a piscina with cusped and decorated arch and foliate decorated ogee hood mould, label stops and finial. To the right is a single sedile with fleuron decorated moulded arch and similarly decorated hood mould with foliate label stops. The reredos and furniture are C19. (NCC/js)
External Links (0)
Sources (0)
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 81507 74486 (27m by 14m) |
---|---|
Map sheet | SK87SW |
District | Bassetlaw |
Civil Parish | Dunham, Bassetlaw |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Apr 29 2015 11:39AM