Building record 3682/1/1 - Church of All Saints

Late 13th century parish church with 14th century additions. Restored and added to in 1877. Early 20th century north porch. Ironstone with limestone dressings. Stone slate, Welsh slate and slab roofs. West tower with spire, nave with clerestorey, north and south aisles, north porch, south porch and sacristy, Lady chapel, chancel.

{1} Parish Church. Late C13, C14. Restored, and south porch and sacristy added, 1877, to the designs of Clapton Rolfe. Ironstone with limestone dressings. Stone slate, Welsh slate and slab roofs. West tower with spire, nave with clerestory, north and south aisles, north porch, south porch and sacristy, Lady Chapel, chancel. 4-stage west tower, C13 and C14, has clasping buttresses, moulded plinth and string courses, quatrefoil frieze. West side has a restored moulded doorway and above it, a C14 double lancet flanked by single cusped niches. Doorway and window have hood moulds. Third stage has a single lancet to north and south. Bell stage has on each side a double lancet bell chamber opening with hood mould and a central mask stop. Octagonal broach spire has 2 tiers of gabled lucarnes with single and double lancets. Above, finial with wind vane. 3-bay nave clerestory has moulded parapet and gable and on each side, 3 plain C14 lancets in flat headed openings. Aisles have plinths, moulded string course and sill band and coped parapets. 3-bay north aisle has single 2-light Perpendicular windows with flat heads flanking to the porch. That to east has dogtooth ornament to the surround, that to west, ballflower. Both have hood moulds. West end has a single lancet. Early C20 north porch has rubble side walls on plinths and unglazed arcaded wooden sides. Gabled commom rafter roof with billeted transom and barge boards. Moulded inner doorway has band of rosettes and hood mould with mask stops. South aisle has to east a small buttress and a C19 flat headed triple lancet. C19 priest's vestry at east end has a single lancet with hood mould. West end has a flat headed Perpendicular 2-light window. South porch and sacristy, 1877, Early English style, has plinth, moulded string course and dogtooth eaves band, coped gable and finials. Porch has double chamfered doorway with mask corbels and hood moulds, and above it, a small lancet. Rib vaulted interior has wall shafts and roll moulded doorway with double shafts. Sacristy south side has 4 cusped lancets with hood moulds. West end has central roll moulded doorway flanked by single niches, all with dogtooth ornament, triple shafts and impost bands. North side has a double side-wall stack and a spout in the form of an eagle. North east corner has a square crenellated stair turret with gargoyles and dogtooth ornament, pyramidal lead roof and finial cross. Parapeted and gabled Lady chapel, 2 bays, has trefoil frieze. North side has to east an untraceried flat headed triple lancet and to west, a restored Geometrical double lancet. East end has a C14 triple lancet with intersecting tracery. All the windows have hood moulds. 2-bay chancel, C14, has moulded eaves band with fleurons. East end has angle buttresses, string course and sill band, coped gable with cross, and Decorated 4-light window with hood mould and mask stops. South side has to left a double lancet with flat head. Both windows have hood moulds. I late C13 double chamfered tower arch has octagonal responds and contains elaborate C19 organ case with stencilled decoration, flanked by groups of show pipes. Nave arcades, early and mid C14, 3 bays, have double chamfered arches with hood moulds, with stops to the north. North arcade has quatrefoil piers with moulded bases and capitals. South arcade has octagonal piers. Clerestory windows nave C19 stained glass. C19 roof has cambered tie-beams with arch braces and traceried spandrels on mask corbels. North aisle has late C19 stained glass west and north side windows. To the left, a restored C13 piscina. East end has a double chamfered archway with mask imposts. South aisle has to west, 2 chamfered doorways to sacristy. East end has roll moulded C19 doorway with triple shafts to priest's vestry, which has C19 stained glass window and stone roof. Both aisles have restored roofs with wall shafts. Lady chapel has stained glass north and east windows, 1877, the east window flan right by a C13 style foiled aumbry and piscina with hood mould. South side has 2 C14 and C19 double chamfered arches separated by a pseudo-pier, that to the east with round responds, that to west with imposts. C19 roof. Chancel has alabaster gradine and stained glass windows c1860. South side has to east an Early English style piscina with shafts, and renewed triple sedilia all under continuous hood mould with stops. 2 late C19 stained glass windows. Elaborate arch braced C19 roof with traceried spandrels and angle corbels. Fittings include C14 octagonal font with crocketed ogee arches on clustered shaft stem. Semicircular C19 frescoed stone pulpit. C19 oak alter, stalls and benches. Memorials include marble and slate pedimented tablet, 1677, and 3 C17 brasses, and large painted stone Baroque style pedimented war memorial, 1921.

{6} The church of St Leonard is mainly late 13th century and early 14th century with 19th century restoration.

{7} Correct dedication "All Saints".

{8} [Former list description] Parish church of All Saints. Late 13th century, 14th century. Restored and south porch and sacristry added 1877. Grade II*.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/98 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/3 p.63 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> Glynne S., 1859, Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne, 42 p.90-1 (unchecked) (Manuscript). SNN39492.

<4> DRAWINGS, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN56527.

<4> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.77-79 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77326.

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<6> Palmer, RC, 1968, Field investigators comments, R1 RCP 20-FEB-1968 (Notes). SNN115484.

<7> Colquhoun, FD, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 FDC 26-NOV-1969 (Notes). SNN112950.

<8> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, DOE (HHR) District of Kettering, Northamptonshire (Braybrooke et al) 31-JAN-1991, p. 62-3 (Report). SNN112993.

<9> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.77-79 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77326.

<10> Historic England, Undated, All Saints Church, Thorpe Malsor, BF107421 (Archive). SNN115748.

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