Building record 980/1/1 - All Saints Church

Church built in the 14th century and restored in 1868 to designs by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Built of lias ashlar with a plain fishscale tile roof. The church consists of an aisled nave, chancel and west tower.

{1} Church now isolated beyond gardens of Holdenby House; fine building of local ironstone; largely C14th; chancel rebuilt in 1843-5; Sir George Gilbert Scott restored church in 1867; details of some of interior features.

{4} Church. C14 and C19. Restored by Sir G.G. Scott 1868. Lias ashlar with plain fishscale tile roof. Aisled nave chancel and west tower. Chancel C19 to the design of Sir Henry Dryden of Canons Ashby is of 3-window range of lancets with gabled buttresses between. Triple lancet east window with lozenge window above. Organ chamber projection on north side of chancel. Ashlar gable parapets, kneelers and finial. South aisle probably C14 restored 1868 is of 2-window range of 3-light windows. C19 gabled porch between windows. Gabled roof with ashlar gable parapets. North aisle of 3-window range of 2-light C14 square-headed windows. North door between windows 2 and 3 from left has pointed arched head. Lean-to roof with ashlar gable parapet. Nave clerestory wall only partially visible by gabled roof. West tower of 3 stages with clasping buttress at west and angle buttress at junction with nave incorporating remains of gargoyle. Ground-floor west window of 2 lights with pointed arched head. 2-light bell openings to each face of third stage. Crenellated parapet. Interior: C14 nave arcade of 3 bays with double chamfered arches and octagonal piers the south side having hollow chamfers. Blocked quatrefoil clerestory windows on north wall of nave. Double chamfered chancel arch. Chancel walls painted with C19 motifs, C19 roofs. C14 glazed floor tiles in belfry. C17 painted inscription has strapworth surrounds, west window by Powell, several other windows including the east window contain C19 stained glass. Monuments: Incised alabaster slab to William Holdenby died 1490 and wife at east end of south aisle. C14 grave slab alongside. Piscina with ribbed head in south aisle. C19 misericords in chancel and stall c.1720, French with ribbon work. Chancel and belfry screens and reredos reputed to have formed part of the hall screen to Holdenby Palace C17, has Roman Doric columns, metope frieze lumns to sections above dados. The top and middle arch with tapering pilasters flanked by 2 foliage volutes with openwork. The village which was immediately to the south was moved when Holdenby Palace was built.

{8} Undated photo.

{10} The Coronation of the Virgin in the westernmost window of the chancel south wall is the earliest surviving figural glass indigenous to Northamptonshire. It is not in situ and almost certainly came from the westernmost window in the nave south aisle. The chancel was rebuilt in 1843 to Sir Henry Drydens designs and it may have been moved then.

{11} Painting, design for chancel, drawing of tomb, tracings of tiles, sketches, inscription, photo;

<1> 1994, Visit Churches in Warwickshire and Northamptonshire, (checked) (Pamphlet). SNN33492.

<2> 1815, Holdenby Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN18112.

<3> Glynne S., 1859, Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne, 40 p.28-29 (unchecked) (Manuscript). SNN39492.

<4> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 7/215 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<5> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G01 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<6> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.260 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<7> Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society, 2011, TACS (Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society) Location Database, (unchecked) (Gazetteer). SNN107648.

<8> Photographs of buildings in Holdenby (Photographs). SNN112658.

<9> Historic England, Undated, All Saints Church, Holdenby, BF044015 (Archive). SNN115787.

<10> Marks R., 1998, Stained Glass Of Northamptonshire, p. 108 (Book). SNN101533.

<11> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, DR/25/153/1-8, 10-14 (Archive). SNN115.

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Sep 11 2024 12:44PM