Description

WHEATHILL

SO68SW LOUGHTON
482-1/4/201 Parish Church
12/11/54

GV II

Church. Dated 1622, restored 1904. Church replaces chapel of
pre-1291. Stone rubble with ashlar dressings, coursed stone
rubble to additions. Plain-tile roofs with projecting verge.
PLAN: chancel with north vestry, nave with integral bellcote,
and south porch.
EXTERIOR: chancel east window of twin segmental-headed lights
with 3-lobed inset in spandrel. Restored scissor truss exposed
under gable bargeboards. Blocked south doorway with flat stone
slab lintel. Early C20 projecting tiled gabled vestry
extension partly masks north wall. Nave with pair of opposing
lattice-leaded 2-light segmental-headed windows, that to the
north restored, that to the south with dated inscription over.
South doorway with round-headed arch with ovolo-moulded
chamfer. Early C20 south porch with tiled gabled roof and
arched stone opening. West window is early C20 lancet.
Bellcote over west gable with single bell set in round-arched
opening below coped ashlar canopy roof.
INTERIOR: single-bay chancel roof with restored scissor and
collar truss. Pointed chancel arch in Early English style with
string course with chamfer forming abacus, reputed to
incorporate C12 material. Restored 3-bay single purlin nave
roof with queen-post trusses. Inscription over south window
reads: THIS CHURCH WAS BUILTE BY THE RIGHT WORTH. BONHAM
NORTON ESQ AN DOM 1622.
Church is of special interest for date of construction.

Listing NGR: SO6156782990

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663617

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)