All Saints Church, Chadshunt facts for kids
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All Saints Church, Chadshunt, from the southeast
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| OS grid reference | SP 349 530 |
| Location | Chadshunt, Warwickshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
| History | |
| Dedication | All Saints |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 30 May 1967 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Norman, Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | Mid-12th century |
| Completed | c. 1730 |
| Specifications | |
| Other dimensions | Nave 51 feet (15.5 m) by 18 feet (5.5 m) Chancel 13.5 feet (4.1 m) by 17 feet (5.2 m) Transept 15 feet (4.6 m) by 14 feet (4.3 m) |
| Materials | Ironstone, tile roofs |
All Saints Church is an old Anglican church in Chadshunt, Warwickshire, England. It's no longer used for regular church services, but it's a very important historic building. It's protected as a Grade II* listed building, which means it's a special place. The Churches Conservation Trust takes care of it. You can find this church by the road that goes from Kineton to Southam. It looks "long, low, and strong."
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History of All Saints Church
The oldest parts of All Saints Church are in the eastern section of the nave (the main part of the church). These parts were built in the mid-1100s. Later, in the 1300s, the nave was made longer towards the west.
In the early 1400s, a clerestory (a row of windows above the main walls) was added to the nave. The south wall was also updated, and buttresses (supports built against the walls) were put in place. The tall west tower was built in the 1600s. Around 1730, the chancel (the area around the altar) and the north transept (a part of the church that sticks out like an arm) were added.
The roof was fixed in 1866, and the church was restored in 1906. Since May 1, 1988, the Churches Conservation Trust has been looking after All Saints Church.
Architecture and Design
Outside the Church
All Saints Church is built from ironstone, a type of rock, and has tiled roofs. The church has a three-bay nave with a clerestory, a single-bay chancel, a north transept, and a west tower.
Here are some of its sizes:
- The nave is about 51 feet (15.5 meters) long and 18 feet (5.5 meters) wide.
- The chancel is about 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) long and 17 feet (5.2 meters) wide.
- The transept is about 15 feet (4.6 meters) long and 14 feet (4.3 meters) wide.
The chancel roof is higher than the nave roof. The nave has two doors, one on the north side and one on the south. These doors are from the Norman period. The north door has a rounded arch. The south door was changed in the 1300s and now has a pointed arch.
Next to the south doorway, you'll see a buttress and a window with two lancet windows (tall, narrow windows). To the left of the door is another window from the 1300s. The clerestory has three straight-topped windows on each side, also with paired lancets.
The transept has a rounded window on its east and west sides, and a two-light window on its north wall. The east wall of the chancel has a Venetian window (a large window with three parts). The south wall has a rounded window.
The tower has two main sections and diagonal buttresses. On the west side of the lower section is a door, with a two-light window above it. The top section of the tower has a two-light louvred opening for the bells on each side. At the very top, the tower has a decorative moulded edge and a crenellated parapet (a low wall with gaps, like on a castle).
Inside the Church
The nave has an open roof, meaning you can see the wooden beams. Some of the tie beams and stone corbels (supports sticking out from the wall) are decorated with carvings. The transept has a curved, barrel roof ceiling, while the chancel has a smooth, plastered ceiling.
The floor of the chancel is made of black marble and white stone. Around the chancel walls, there's a panelled, painted dado (a decorative lower part of a wall). The altar and the rails around the chancel were made around 1730. They are crafted from wrought iron, and parts of the altar are gilt (covered in a thin layer of gold).
In the south wall of the nave, there's a piscina (a basin for washing sacred vessels) from the 1200s. It's in a niche (a small alcove) with a trefoil (three-lobed) top under a small gable. All the seats and pews are from the mid-1800s, including a special family pew in the transept. You'll also see memorials on the walls.
The font (where baptisms happen) is in the Norman style. It has a round bowl on a shaped base. The bowl is carved with intersecting arches, and its rim has a "dog-tooth" pattern. The transept windows have beautiful Flemish painted glass from the 1700s, set into glass from 1855. The church has a ring of six bells, all made by Richard Keene in the 1600s. Four were cast in 1669, and the other two in 1693.
Churchyard Features
In the churchyard, you can find the base of a medieval churchyard cross. It's made of ironstone and has an octagonal (eight-sided) base with two steps and a square stone where the cross would have stood. This cross base is also a Grade II listed structure. There are also ten tombs, headstones, and groups of headstones in the churchyard, all listed at Grade II for their historical importance.
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