All Saints' Church, Middleton Cheney
| All Saints' Church, Middleton Cheney | |
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| 52°04′28″N 1°16′26″W / 52.0744°N 1.2740°W | |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | https://allsaints-mc.church/ |
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| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Peterborough |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Rev Nick Leggett[1] |
The Church of All Saints is the Church of England parish church of Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England. It has been listed Grade I.
Architecture[edit]
The building is early 14th-century Decorated Gothic. The nave has a clerestory, north and south aisles and four-bay arcades.[2]
The west tower and spire are later Medieval Perpendicular Gothic additions. The top of the spire is about 150 feet (46 m) above ground.[3] In the 18th century the spire survived three lightning strikes: in 1720, 1794 and 1797.[4]
Restoration[edit]
All Saints was restored under the direction of George Gilbert Scott in 1865.[3] During the restoration notable stained-glass windows were added that were designed by the Pre-Raphaelite artists William Morris, Philip Webb, Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown and Simeon Solomon and made by Morris & Co. There are also mosaics made by James Powell and Sons, one of which was designed by Henry Holiday.[5][2]
People associated with All Saints[edit]
William Edington was Rector 1322–35.[5] He was consecrated Bishop of Winchester in 1345.
All Saints' churchyard has a number of historic grave monuments:
- Four 17th-century English Baroque headstones and two 18th-century chest tombs are Grade II listed.[6][7][8]
- The Horton family mausoleum is a Gothic Revival monument designed by William Wilkinson and made by Thomas Earp in 1866–67.[9] It is not listed.
References[edit]
- ^ "Rector: Middleton Cheney parish council". Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Church of All Saints (Grade I) (1371514)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ a b Pevsner & Cherry 1973, p. 304.
- ^ Lewis 1931, pp. 306–310.
- ^ a b Pevsner & Cherry 1973, p. 305.
- ^ Historic England. "Chest tomb approximately 8 metres south of south east corner of south aisle of Church of All Saints (Grade II) (1041146)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Chest tomb and 3 headstones approximately 3 metres south of south east corner of south porch of Church of All Saints (Grade II) (1041147)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Headstone approximately 5 metres south of south east corner of chancel of Church of All Saints (Grade II) (1041148)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Pevsner & Cherry 1973, p. 306.
Sources[edit]
- Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1931) [1848]. A Topographical Dictionary of England (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. pp. 306–310.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1973) [1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071022-1.