Church of All Saints
CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1228032
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jun-1966
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, MAIN STREET
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- Date:
- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/06401/02
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1228032
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jun-1966
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, MAIN STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Charnwood (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cossington
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 60364 13664
Details
COSSINGTON
SK 61 SW MAIN STREET (West Side) 7/9 1.6.66 Church of All Saints
GV II*
Church. C13-C15 and C19. Granite rubble stone with stone dressings and Swithland slate roof to chancel and S porch, the rest leaded and parapetted roofs. Stone coped gables. West tower, nave, aisles, chancel and S porch. Tower of C13 of 3 stages with small blocked W door, W lancet with C19 stained glass, N and S lancets, 4 bell openings with hood moulds, head frieze and battlements. Triple-chamfered nave arch. C13 4 bay N arcade with double-chamfered arches on circular piers. Early C14 4 bay S arcade with double sunk quadrant-moulded arches on quatrefoil piers. Perp clerestory with 4 3-light windows either side and C19 4 bay low-pitch tie beam roof. N aisle with buttresses with set-offs and part battlemented parapet. NW window with Y tracery, blocked N door, 2 N windows with C19 stained glass, and NE window with Y tracery and C19 stained glass. By chancel arch part of spiral stairway to former rood, and a squint to both aisles. Early C14 chancel. Windows with Reticulated tracery those to W on both sides originally 'low-side', that to S now with lower section blocked. E window with Intersected tracery and stained glass c1918 by Strachan. Fine sedilia with ogee arches and piscina, and on N wall a C14 tomb-recess, with ogee arch over the alabaster tomb chest of Dr. Matthew Knightley, a former Rector, of 1556. Incised top and carved sides. Chancel S door. S windows have C19 stained glass. Cl9 boarded wagon roof. S aisle has buttresses and part battlemented parapet. SE window has Geometric tracery and stained glass of 1862. 2 S windows with Y tracery and SW window with restored Y tracery. Early C14 S doorway and C19 S porch. Round font, possibly C13/C14, with C17 restored cover. Restored Perp screen and pulpit. Choirs stall ends probably of same date, partly restored. Some benches with linenfold panelling c1500. In N aisle under E window tomb with recumbent effigy of priest, c1320. In chancel alabaster wall monument to Rev. William Stavely, a former Rector, of 1652. Further early C19 wall monuments, a rectangular painting of the Royal Arms of Georgian period and c1700 painting of the Creed, Commandments and Lord's Prayer with portraits of Moses and Aaron. Carved frame. Pevsner.
Listing NGR: SK6036413664
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 402434
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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