Listed Building: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (1.62.4)
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Grade | I |
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Authority | |
EH LBS Legacy ID | 420430 |
Date assigned | 01 February 1967 |
Date last amended |
Description
Parish church, now redundant and maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust. 1832 by Sir Robrt Smirke as a mausoleum for the embellished with decorative cusped panels and projecting on either side to support single figures of medieval pages. Under
is a rectangular niche. On the south wall and mounted onto a
wooden panel are 7 brass memorial plaques. The east archway from
the rotunda is flanked on the east side by single pilasters
supporting the moulded arch and leads to a passage way to the
east entrance. In the south wall is a doorway with panelled door
to the vestry, a similar doorway in the north wall gives access
to steps leading down to a vault.
Duchess of the fourth Duke of Newcastle. Ashlar. Lead roofs.
Set on a plinth. Pedimented gables. single Doric pilaster at
each corner with fully detailed entablature. Latin cross plan.
Nave, chancel, north and south tomb chambers in the manner of
transepts and east mausoleum, with an octagonal lantern at the
crossing. The lantern of 2 stages is set on a square base which
supports a colonnade with 8 Greek Doric columns, the wall behind
has 8 glazing bar cross fixed lights with moulded eared
architraves. Above is an octagonal drum with 8 louvred lights
topped with a dome with single cross. West front with central
doorway, 2 steps up, having a panelled wooden door and over panel
with moulded eared architrave flanked by single pilasters.
Flanking the steps are single ashlar blocks. The north wall has
5 cross windows with painted panels simulating glazing bars below
the transom, and casements above. All with moulded eared
architraves. The north chamber has in the north wall a single
similar window flanked by single pilasters. To the left of the
chamber is a single similar window. The east end has a
tetrastyle prostyle portico with Greek Doric columns. The south
side corresponds to the north. Interior. West end has a
panelled wooden inner porch with a doorway to the south and steps
leading to a gallery to the north, the exterior decorated with
pilasters. At the east end is an ionic screen 5 steps up, with
dentil cornice and central rectangular board flanked by single
arched boards, all printed with biblical texts. There are
several box pews. Panelled ceiling with egg and dart cornice and
decorative ventilators to the east and west. The south wall has
a monument to Joseph Denman, 1863, topped with a pediment
decorated with an open book. Behind the screen is a doorway with
panelled door leading to the mausoleum rotunda which has 3 bands.
To the north, south, east and west are single round archways,
these alternate with 4 similarly arched niches. The north and
south chambers have in the east and west walls a large arched
shallow recess supported on imposts. The windows have moulded
wooden eared architraves and the moulded arched entrances are
supported on pilasters. There are dado rails. The ceilings are
panelled. Both chambers now contain bell frames. The south
chamber has a fine and elaboratemidC19 monument to the Dukes of
Newcastle. The inscription is under a cusped ogee arch and is
flanked by single crocketed pilasters which stand on a base" (Jm)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 71512 73004 (33m by 20m) |
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Map sheet | SK77SW |
District | Bassetlaw |
Civil Parish | West Markham, Bassetlaw |
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Record last edited
Apr 29 2015 11:39AM