Building record M534 - Church of St George, Barton in Fabis

Summary

CHURCH (Medieval to Late 20th Century)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 52245 32758 (39m by 18m)
Map sheet SK53SW
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Barton in Fabis, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Parish church. 14th-16th century, 1693, restored 1855 and 1877 probably by TC Hine, and 1886. Tower restored 1892. Dressed coursed rubble and ashlar. Slate roofs. Single red brick stack to north nave. Parapets. Coped gables. Single ridge crosses to east nave and east chancel. Buttressed and set on a plinth. Tower with spire, nave, south aisle, south porch and chancel. (3)
Unaisled chancel of the late C14. C14 S arcade. A clerestory of different rhythm was added in the C15. Of the later C14 also the ashlar-built W tower of Bunny type. Porch added in 1693. Restored in 1855 and in 1877 by T. C. Hine. Pulpit: Jacobean. Monuments: several of the Sacheverell family, notably William d.1616 and wife. (1)
The present fabric does not carry us further back than the reign of Richard II. The chancel is the earliest in point of time [followed by] the nave and south aisle. Addition of a steeple [in] c.1420. A new roof and a clerestory was added in the reign of Henry VII. A porch was built in the Renaissance style [in] 1693. (2)


Listed Buildings Slides, 3 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 65-6 (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> Thoroton Society, 1918, TTS, p 25-30 (Published document). SNT343.

<3> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

<4> DOE, 1986, Dist of Rushcliffe (Listed Buildings) (Published document). SNT6210.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Photograph: Listed Buildings Slides. 3 slides.
  • <1> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed.. Penguin. p 65-6.
  • <2> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1918. TTS. 22. p 25-30.
  • <3> Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.
  • <4> Published document: DOE. 1986. Dist of Rushcliffe (Listed Buildings). 24.

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Record last edited

Aug 17 2026 12:43PM

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