Church of St Bartholomew (Kirkwhelpington)
NY 99658442. St Bartholomew's church, mainly 19th century incorporating Norman fragments and 15th/16th century work. On the site of a 13th century church. (1)
Church of St Bartholomew, Grade II* listed building. Parish church. 12th century fragments; nave and chancel mainly 13th century with 15th century alterations. Restored in 1897. Dressed stone and Lakeland slate roof. West tower, nave, chancel and south porch.
West tower of several builds. Lower masonry C12 or C13. Low, late Perpendicular west door with Tudor lintel. Buttresses of various dates C13-C16. Battlements and crocketed pinnacles Perpendicular features. Victorian 3-light bell openings with Perpendicular tracery.
Similar windows in 3-bay C13 nave. South porch, possibly C16, has plain chamfered round arch and sundial above dated 1764. South door is C13 and has 2 orders of columns, with nailhead in the capitals, and multi-moulded arch. Nave north wall has one original and one Victorian lancet.
Chancel has blocked priest's door and one lancet on south side; also large C18 12-pane sash window. East end lenghtened 1897 and given 3 stepped lancets.
Gabled roof with kneelers and flat coping.
Interior has blocked tower arch with 1 order of columns, scalloped capitals and pronounced chevron mouldings in the ponted arch. This may have been chancel arch of earlier church and has C12 and C13 fragments built into wall which blocks it. C13 chancel arch with octagonal responds. Trefoiled sedilia with slender C13 shafts. C17 octagonal font using upturned C14 capital as base. Mahogany pulpit with tester, 1797. Tablet of 1743 with aedicule and coat of arms to Gawen and Mary Aynsley on chancel north wall. Several good tablets set in chancel floor. Medieval grave cover with foliated cross used as lintel of north lancet. (2)
Church includes a pair of war memorials as:
* a white marble tablet inscribed "IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ ALGERNON GEORGE PARSONS/ MAJOR R.F.A./ ONLY SON OF/ THE HON. SIR CHARLES PARSONS K.C.B./ OF RAY DEMESNE./ BORN OCTR. 19TH 1886/ KILLED IN ACTION/ IN FLANDERS APRIL 26TH 1918,/ AND BURIED/ IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY/ AT LISSENTHOECK/ PRO DEO ET REGE".
* a wooden reredos screen inscribed "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)". (3)(4)
The church has a much scarred and rebuilt fabric. The tower is probably of 13th-century date, reusing a 12thcentury arch (the former chancel arch?). Extensivealterations took place c1896 when the previously blocked tower arch was re-opened, the belfry openings renewed and the present parapet built. (5)
Church of St Bartholomew, Grade II* listed building. Parish church. 12th century fragments; nave and chancel mainly 13th century with 15th century alterations. Restored in 1897. Dressed stone and Lakeland slate roof. West tower, nave, chancel and south porch.
West tower of several builds. Lower masonry C12 or C13. Low, late Perpendicular west door with Tudor lintel. Buttresses of various dates C13-C16. Battlements and crocketed pinnacles Perpendicular features. Victorian 3-light bell openings with Perpendicular tracery.
Similar windows in 3-bay C13 nave. South porch, possibly C16, has plain chamfered round arch and sundial above dated 1764. South door is C13 and has 2 orders of columns, with nailhead in the capitals, and multi-moulded arch. Nave north wall has one original and one Victorian lancet.
Chancel has blocked priest's door and one lancet on south side; also large C18 12-pane sash window. East end lenghtened 1897 and given 3 stepped lancets.
Gabled roof with kneelers and flat coping.
Interior has blocked tower arch with 1 order of columns, scalloped capitals and pronounced chevron mouldings in the ponted arch. This may have been chancel arch of earlier church and has C12 and C13 fragments built into wall which blocks it. C13 chancel arch with octagonal responds. Trefoiled sedilia with slender C13 shafts. C17 octagonal font using upturned C14 capital as base. Mahogany pulpit with tester, 1797. Tablet of 1743 with aedicule and coat of arms to Gawen and Mary Aynsley on chancel north wall. Several good tablets set in chancel floor. Medieval grave cover with foliated cross used as lintel of north lancet. (2)
Church includes a pair of war memorials as:
* a white marble tablet inscribed "IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ ALGERNON GEORGE PARSONS/ MAJOR R.F.A./ ONLY SON OF/ THE HON. SIR CHARLES PARSONS K.C.B./ OF RAY DEMESNE./ BORN OCTR. 19TH 1886/ KILLED IN ACTION/ IN FLANDERS APRIL 26TH 1918,/ AND BURIED/ IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY/ AT LISSENTHOECK/ PRO DEO ET REGE".
* a wooden reredos screen inscribed "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)". (3)(4)
The church has a much scarred and rebuilt fabric. The tower is probably of 13th-century date, reusing a 12thcentury arch (the former chancel arch?). Extensivealterations took place c1896 when the previously blocked tower arch was re-opened, the belfry openings renewed and the present parapet built. (5)
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EXCAVATION, ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, KIRKWHELPINGTON
ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY, ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, KIRKWHELPINGTON ; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY, ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, KIRKWHELPINGTON ; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
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