The tower is remarkable for its large-scale Norman blank arcading on the whole height of the ground floor. It was rebuilt in 1906 [by] P. H. Currey of Derby. Perpendicular clerestory. Pretty screen by Bodley & Garner … [by whom] the church was restored in 1873-4. (1)
A section of Saxon walling was revealed during the restoration of the tower, April 1906. Wall of herringbone construction, partly clad with the original plaster, with a horizontal chase c 16 ft from the floor. (2)
Now concealed by rebuilding - herringbone courses below the chase make Saxon date doubtful, but the wall is certainly much older than the tower. (3)
A false tower ceiling and rebuilding now hides any structural evidence of Saxon work. (4)

Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

2 colour print, 2/20,21 (negs F 14/3), SMR

Listed buildings slides, 2 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 290 (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> Thoroton Society, 1905, TTS, pp 79-82 (Published document). SNT332.

<3> Royal Arch Institute, 1916, Archaeological Journal, p 198 (Published document). SNT105.

<4> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.