Building record 3697/1/1 - The Orton Trust Workshop (formerly All Saints Church), Main Street

Medieval church, now converted to a stonemasonry centre. Built in the 13th-14th century with earlier origins, restored in 1868-87 and 1906. The building is of coursed rubblestone with some dressings and parapeted stone slate roofs, with stone-coped gables. The church consisted of a choir, nave, south aisle and west tower.

{1} Church, now stonemasonry centre. C13/14 with earlier origins, restored 1868-87 and 1906. Coursed rubblestone with some dressings and stone slate and parapeted roof, with stone-coped gables. Choir, nave, south aisle and west tower. Choir has 2-light east window with Y tracery and hood mould with block stops. Blank north wall and 2-light east window to south with perpendicular tracery and flat-arched head with hood mould. North wall of nave has two 2-light windows with Y tracery and hood moulds with carved stops. Similar windows to south aisle with narrow south-east lancet. Clerestory has two 2-light windows with perpendicular tracery and flat-arched heads with hood moulds. South porch has chamfered arch dying into carved corbels, and many-moulded doorway within, with hood mould which has head stops. C19 plank door. C13 and C14 3-stage west tower has small narrow lancets to 1st stage, blank walling to 2nd stage and four 2-light bell-chamber openings with geometrical tracery and hood moulds with carved stops. String course, crenellated parapet and 4 small pinnacles. Interior has been cleared of fittings for present use and some partition walls erected but has chancel arch with rounded-arched head, 3-bay south arcade with double-chamfered arches on octagonal piers and unchamfered pointed nave arch. Font with 4 projecting human and animal heads. Stained glass to east, north nave and south choir windows.

{7} There is no graveyard at All Saints.

{9} Archaeological OIRAP carried out on the during the groundworks phase of the demolition and rebuilding of a 13m section of a boundary wall at All Saints Church. The wall was observed being demolished, a pottery handle dating to the 13th - 15th century was present within the wall as well as local ware pottery, medieval and post-medieval in date, were found. A small section of brick surface was revealed after the demolition of the wall. It is associated with outbuildings present on the adjacent plot of land southwest of the church.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/51 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/3 p.33 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.66 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77326.

<4> Glynne S., 1859, Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne, (unchecked) (Manuscript). SNN39492.

<5> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.361 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<6> DRAWINGS, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN56627.

<7> 1978, Graveyard Survey - All Saints, Orton, (checked) (Report). SNN101019.

<8> Historic England, All Saints Church, Orton, BF107381 (Archive). SNN114808.

<9> Hannah Childs, 2023, All Saints Church, Orton, Northamptonshire: Archaeological OIRAP (Report). SNN116423.

Record last edited

Dec 17 2024 11:20AM