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Skeffington Hall

Skeffington Hall is a 15th-century Manor House which stands in parkland off the main street of the village of Skeffington, Leicestershire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is privately owned. The house was originally constructed in about 1450 and extended c1530 and again in the early or mid 17th century. It is built to an H-shaped plan in two storeys of coursed ironstone rubble with white limestone ashlar dressings and Swithland slate roofs. The main frontage, dating from the 17th century, has eight bays with a central projecting porch. A castellated parapet runs between projecting gables at each end. In the 16th century the house was the birthplace of Thomas Skevington, Bishop of Bangor and Sir William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland. It was later owned by William Farrell, whose son Sir William Farrell-Skeffington, 1st Baronet, an officer in the British Army, adopted the Skeffington surname and sold the Hall to the Tailby family just before his death in 1815. William Ward Tailby (1825-1914) was an avid huntsman and established his own pack of foxhounds at the hall in 1856 which became the Fernie Hunt. He was succeeded in turn by his nephew, T.M.J. Tailby (1862–1916) and George William A. Tailby (born 1893). Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Baronet and a Master of the Quorn Hunt also resided at the Hall. References
St Mary the Virgin Church, Wendens Ambo

St Mary the Virgin Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Wendens Ambo in Essex, England. It is listed Grade I for its architectural, historical and topographical value. It originally served the village of Wenden Magna (Great Wenden), which was merged with Wenden Parva (Little Wenden) to form Wendens Ambo in 1662. Architecture The building consists of a chancel with organ chamber, an aisled nave, a south porch and a tower surmounted by a Hertfordshire spike. The vestry in the western end of the south aisle, is unusually positioned. Tower The oldest part of the structure is the 11th-century tower. It is usually described as Norman. However, it could be pre-Conquest on the basis of a series of round window openings, like portholes: these small openings are found in Anglo-Saxon architecture and are sometimes called 'sound holes' although their actual function is unclear. The ones at Wendens Ambo are similar to late Saxon windows in St Bene't's church in Cambridge. History The first church on the site was probably constructed of wood, perhaps as early as the eighth century, but no trace of it remains. It seems to have been rebuilt in stone about the time Domesday Book was written (1086 A.D.) with later additions in the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th centuries. The church register of Great Wenden commenced in 1540. After Volume II, which was the register of Little Wenden until 1662, the two parishes were united as Wendens Ambo. Churchyard and hall In the 19th century Lord Braybrooke gifted land and a hall neighbouring the church to enable an extension to the ancient churchyard. The hall was extensively modernised in 2007 and under lease to the Village Hall, is managed for use by a variety of active village interest groups and activities. References External links Media related to St Mary the Virgin's church, Wendens Ambo at Wikimedia Commons Official website http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/essex/vol1/pp329-332 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/essex/vol1/plate-91
Церковь святой Марии в Венденс Амбо

Церковь святой Марии в Венденс Амбо (англ. St Mary the Virgin Churchi) — приходская англиканская церковь в деревне Венденс Амбо (Эссекс). Памятник архитектуры Англии I класса с 1967 года. Архитектура Здание церкви состоит из алтарного объёма с органной камерой, нефа с боковыми нефами, южного крыльца и западной башни с хартфордским шпилем. Необычно, что ризница располагается в западном конце южного бокового нефа. Башня Башня является самой старой частью здания и датируется XI веком. Обычно её относят к нормандской архитектуре, но она может и предшествовать завоеванию Англии, о чём свидетельствуют круглые окна, какие встречаются в англосаксонских постройках. Их называют «звуковыми», но функция их твёрдо не установлена. Окна в Венденс Амбо похожи на поздние англосаксонские окна церкви св. Бенета в Кембридже. История Вероятно, первая церковь в этом месте была деревянной и выстроена в VIII веке, от неё не осталось ничего. Каменное здание, вероятно, выстроено около времени составления Книги Страшного суда (1086) и достраивалось в XIII, XIV, XV и XIX веках. В 1662 году деревня Венден Магна (Большая), в которой располагается церковь, была объединена с Венден Парва (Малая). В XIX веке лорд Брейбрук подарил приходу смежный с церковью участок земли и залу, которая после серьёзной реконструкции в 2007 году сдаётся в аренду для различных мероприятий в деревне. Источники Ссылки На Викискладе есть медиафайлы по теме Церковь святой Марии в Венденс Амбо wendenheritage.org.uk — официальный сайт Церковь святой Марии в Венденс Амбо http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/essex/vol1/pp329-332 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/essex/vol1/plate-91
Amersham Market Hall

Amersham Market Hall, formerly known as Amersham Town Hall, is a municipal building in the High Street in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. The structure is a Grade II* listed building. History The town received a royal charter, allowing it to hold markets, from King John in 1200. For several centuries the market took the form of a series of stalls in an area which extended from the High Street in the west to Broadway in the east until a medieval market hall was erected in Broadway in the early 17th century. A series of seditious papers were posted in the building in 1653. After the old structure became dilapidated, the local member of parliament, Sir William Drake, who lived at Shardeloes, decided to construct a more substantial market building for the benefit of the town: the site he selected was in the High Street, to the west of the original building. The new building was designed in the neoclassical style, built in red brick with stone dressings and was completed in 1682. It was arcaded on the ground floor so that markets could be held, with an assembly room on the first floor. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with six bays facing onto the south side of the High Street: this elevation featured a row of casement windows on the first floor with a coat of arms of the Drake family in the centre. There were quoins at the corners, a modillioned cornice at roof level and an octagonal wooden cupola above. An inscription stated that the bell in the cupola was manufactured by a Christopher Hudson. A village lock-up for petty criminals was installed in the north-east corner of the building at an early stage, a water pump was erected in 1785 and a horse-drawn fire station was installed in the arcaded area in the late 19th century. Trade guild meetings, school classes, magistrates' court hearings and political meetings were all held in the assembly room. When parish and district councils were established under the Local Government Act 1894, the building became the meeting place for Amersham Parish Council, with the council's first meeting being held there on 4 January 1895. At this time the building was known as "Town Hall". The building was restored in 1911 at the expense of the then lord of the manor, William Wykeham Tyrrwhitt-Drake, and a plaque, bearing the inscription "Restored 1911 W. W. T. D." was installed below the coat of arms on the High Street elevation. It was used as a recruiting station for Kitchener's Army at the start of the First World War. Amersham Police Court was held in the building until 1934. The building was used by the BBC as a filming location for its comedy series, Cuckoo, in 2013. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Chiltern References
St Peter's Church, Arnesby

St Peter's Church is a church in Arnesby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The church consists of a nave, chancel, north porch, tower, vestry and north and south aisles. The tower dates from the 13th century and has an external turret, renewed shafts, arch mouldings, a west window dating from c15th century, west door, Y-tracery bell openings, lancet windows, pinnacles and battlements. The arcades are thought to date from the early 12th century. The third bay is thought to have been added c1300, the same time as the south aisle. The chancel, which is thought to date from c1330, has large windows at the side and the east window is reticulated. The clerestory was built in the 15th century. The south aisle wall was rebuilt during the 1866–67 restoration by Millican and Smith as were other parts of the church. References
St Mary's Church, Bishop's Frome

St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Bishop's Frome, in Herefordshire, England, and in the Diocese of Hereford. The earliest parts date from the 12th century; restoration in the 19th century includes neo-Norman features. It is Grade II* listed. History and description The church is built of local sandstone. There is a nave with a north aisle; a chancel, narrower than the nave; a tower and a south porch. The earliest remaining parts, from the 12th century, are the chancel arch, which is semicircular and has two orders, the inner with chevron ornamentation; and the south doorway, which has a rounded arch of three orders. The nave, longer than the north aisle, was probably lengthened before the tower was built. The tower dates from the 14th century, and its height was augmented in the 15th century; it has three stages and an embattled parapet. The chancel was rebuilt in 1847. The north aisle and nave were rebuilt in 1861 to 1862 by F. R. Kempson. The north arcade, of four bays, has rounded neo-Norman arches supported on pairs of columns with early-Gothic capitals. Interior features In the south wall of the nave there is a recess with a segmental arch and ball flower ornaments; it contains an effigy of a knight in a suit of mail, with crossed legs, holding a sword and shield, his feet resting on a lion. It dates from the 14th century. The font, of the 12th century, has a bowl 40 inches (1.0 m) in diameter, on a 19th-century stem and base. The rood screen, incorporating 16th-century work, has a central doorway and two side bays, with delicate tracery. The north chapel has a 16th-century screen and an 18th-century communion rail, brought from the former Munderfield chapel in 1980. References External links Media related to Saint Mary Church (Bishop's Frome) at Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Church, Okeford Fitzpaine

St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, and in the Diocese of Salisbury. It is in the Okeford Benefice, a group of four parishes in the Blackmore Vale. The church, with 14th-century origins and mostly rebuilt in the 19th century, is a Grade II* listed building. History and description The earliest mention of the church, during the time when Robert FitzPayne was lord of the manor, is from Simon of Gaunt, Bishop of Salisbury 1297–1317, who ordered the rector of this and neighbouring parishes to have their churches ready for consecration during the week following St James Day 1302. The church is built of Greensand and Marnhull limestone. There is a west tower, a nave, north and south aisles, and chancel with north vestry adjoining. The tower, and parts of the nave and aisles, survive from the 15th-century church. The lower part of the tower arch, including the two octagonal columns, and recessed west window date from the 14th century; this unusual feature is incorporated in the 15th-century tower. The stone pulpit is of the 15th century. It was converted into a font in 1772 by the then incumbent, Rev. Duke Butler, and a carved oak pulpit was installed in its place. The chancel was also rebuilt in his time. There was rebuilding in 1865 of the chancel, north vestry and chancel arch. The musicians' gallery under the tower was removed. The north aisle was extensively restored, re-using old material. The lower part of the north wall is of the 15th century, and the 15th-century windows here were much restored. The south aisle is probably on the original foundations, and original material was re-used. The north porch has a gabled roof and moulded arch bearing the date 1866; the 15th-century north doorway was restored. The stone pulpit was returned to its original use in 1865, and much restored, with figures added in the niches. The font of Purbeck marble, dating from this time, shows the font supported on carved angels. Since 2019 the church has been re-ordered with the removal of the nave pews. References
St Nicholas' Church, Butterwick

St Nicholas' Church is an Anglican church in Butterwick, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was first mentioned in about 1130, at which time it was a chapel of ease of St Mary's Church, Foxholes. Most of the chapel was rebuilt in the 14th century, with only the walls of the western part of the building surviving from the older church. A bellcote was added in the late 18th century, and the church was restored from 1882 to 1883 by G. Fowler Jones. He extended the building, and added a porch. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. The church is built in sandstone with some red brick, and has a slate roof. It consists of a nave and a chancel in one unit, and a south porch, with a bellcote on the west gable. The bellcote is gabled and contains two round arched openings and has a cross finial. The porch has a Tudor arched doorway and a scalloped bargeboard. Inside, there is a 12th-century drum font, a piscina and aumbry, a late 13th century graveslab, and an early 14th century effigy, believed to be of Robert FitzRalph. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Foxholes, North Yorkshire References
St Andrew's Church, Kirby Grindalythe

St Andrew's Church is the parish church of Kirby Grindalythe, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was built on the site in the 12th century, from which period the lower part of the tower survives, along with some of the stonework of the nave. The upper part of the tower is 14th century, but the remainder of the building was reconstructed between 1872 and 1875 by G. E. Street. The building was grade II* listed in 1966. The church was temporarily closed in the 2000s due to falling masonry, but was restored at a cost of £500,000, most of which cost was met by English Heritage. The church is built of sandstone and has a tile roof with pierced cresting. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel with a north chapel and vestry, and a west tower. The tower has four stages,and a northeast stair turret with a conical roof. In the bottom stage is a doorway with a stepped round arch, above which are slit openings, a string course, two-light bell openings with pointed heads and hood moulds, a corbel table, a plain parapet with corner pinnacles, and a recessed octagonal spire with a weathervane. The roof is tunnel vaulted. Inside the church, there is a sedilia, of which the outer seats are Norman; an aumbry, and a reused piscina. There is a square font which is a replica of a 12th-century font built into the tower. The west wall has a large mosaic of the Ascension of Jesus by an unknown Italian artist, and an alabaster and marble altarpiece by James Redfern. The stained glass windows are mostly by Clayton and Bell, with those in the south aisle by Burlison and Grylls. In the chapel is a 12th-century arcaded tomb, which may be that of Walter Espec. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Kirby Grindalythe References
St Nicholas' Church, Bringhurst

St Nicholas' Church is a church in Bringhurst, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The church is made up of a chancel, tower dating from 1180, nave, clerestory and north and south aisles. The north arcade is the oldest part of the church, dating from the late Norman period. The bells in the tower were removed in 1970. The south aisle dates from c1200 and the chancel has been altered many times, most recently during Ewan Christian's restoration in 1862–63. The chancel has the royal coat of arms of George III dating from 1814. Notes References
St Hilda's Church, Sherburn

St Hilda's Church is the parish church of Sherburn, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in the early 12th century, from which period the nave, chancel arch, and lower stage of the tower survive. The north arcade and tower arch were built around 1200. The exterior was largely rebuilt by C. Hodgson Fowler in 1909–12, his work including a new south arcade, porch, and upper part of the tower. He also replaced most of the doorway, with only a piece of arch and one moulding surviving for reuse. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. The church is built of sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with an organ chamber and a vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a chamfered plinth, buttresses, string courses, a square-headed two-light west window with a hood mould, a re-set corbel head, a two light window and a clock face on the south, paired bell openings with pointed heads and hood moulds, a carved cornice, and an embattled parapet with blind tracery and armorial shields. The porch is gabled, and has an entrance with a pointed arch and a hood mould, above which is a sundial. The south doorway has a round arch with three orders and beakhead moulding. Inside, there is a round Norman font and a 20th-century octagonal font, carved wooden furniture including the rood screen, pulpit, altar, choir stalls and pews, a Norman piscina on a pillar, and brass chandeliers. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Sherburn, North Yorkshire References
Church of St Eustace, Ibberton

The Parish Church of St Eustace is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in the village of Ibberton, Dorset. It stands to the south of the village, on a steep hillside. The parish is part of the Benefice of Hazelbury Bryan and the Hillside Parishes. Description It is thought the oldest parts of the church date from between 1380 and 1400. It originally consisted of a chancel and nave; the north chapel and the tower were added in the 15th century, and the north aisle in the 16th century. Exterior The walls of the building are of banded rubble and flint. The tower, of squared rubble and ashlar, is in two stages with an embattled parapet. Restoration The building fell into disrepair in the late 19th century. In 1892 a temporary church was erected, of timber and corrugated iron: this was in use until 1909. It later became the village hall. During the incumbency of Lionel Seymour Plowman, rector from 1899 to 1927, the church was restored by the architect Charles Ponting. Restoration, beginning in 1902, included rebuilding the north wall of the north chapel, the chancel arch and the porch. The church was re-opened on 17 July 1909, by John Wordsworth, Bishop of Salisbury. Interior On the east wall, on either side of the altar, are stone slabs of about 1800, engraved with the Ten Commandments. There are memorial tablets on the north and south walls of the chancel, to Richard D'Aubeny (rector from 1775 to 1802) and Joseph D'Aubeny, a squire of the parish. The font is of the 15th century. Bells There are four bells in the tower: dated 1641, by William Purdue; 1656, by Thomas Purdue; 1799, by Thomas Mears; and 1813, by James Wells. Repairs to the bells and fittings were carried out by Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1982. References
St Peter's Church, Willerby

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Willerby, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in the 13th century, from which period the nave survives. The tower and porch were added in the 14th century. In the 18th century, the north aisle was narrowed, then in the between 1881 and 1882 the church was restored, the work including the rebuilding of the chancel. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. The church is built of sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave continuous with the chancel, a south porch, a north aisle and a west tower. The tower has buttresses, a three-light west window, a stair turret on the north, and louvred bell openings, above which is a string course and an embattled parapet. The porch is gabled, and contains an arched opening, a hood mould and a keystone carved with a head, and a sundial. Inside, there are 19th-century oil lamps, and stained glass in the east window dating from around 1879. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Willerby, North Yorkshire References
All Saints' Church, Hawnby

All Saints' Church is the parish church of Hawnby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was originally built in the 12th century, but was largely rebuilt in the early 15th century, only the tower and south wall of the nave being retained. In 1873, the church was restored by William Henry Crossland, his first known restoration. He also added a porch and replaced the south doorway. The church was grade II* listed in 1955. The church is built of sandstone and limestone, and has roofs of Welsh and Westmorland slate. It consists of a three-bay nave with a south porch, and a two-bay chancel. On the west gable is a bellcote. Most of the windows have two lights with trefoils above, while the east window has three lights and is Perpendicular Gothic in style. Inside, there is a small remnant of what may have been the Norman tower arch, including a capital with a carving of a human head. There is an octagonal font, which is old but has been recut, and several monuments from the 17th century on. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Hawnby References
Holy Cross Church, Ryton

Holy Cross Church is a Church of England parish church in Ryton, Tyne and Wear. The church is a Grade I listed building. History The Holy Cross church is the oldest building in Ryton and dates back to 1220. The most striking feature of the church is its 13th-century broach spire which is 36 m tall. Other well known artefacts include a 13th-century Frosterley Marble effigy of a deacon holding a book. Notable clergy There have been a number of prominent rectors of Ryton. These include: Thomas Secker (1727), later the Archbishop of Canterbury; Charles Thorp (1807) virtual founder and first warden of the University of Durham; and The Hon. Richard Byron (1769), brother of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron and great-uncle of Lord Byron. References External links Main website A Church Near You entry
St Michael's Church, Malton

St Michael's Church is the parish church of Malton, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The church was built in about 1150, from which period much of the nave survives. The tower was added in the 15th century, at which time the nave was slightly shortened. The chancel was rebuilt in 1858, then in 1883 under George Fowler Jones the south arcade and east end of the nave were rebuilt, two galleries were removed, and transepts were added. In 1966 the south side of the church was rebuilt, and in about 1986 the north aisle roof was replaced. The building has been grade II* listed since 1951. The church is built of sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel with a north vestry and organ chamber and a south chapel, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, angle buttresses, a chamfered plinth, and moulded string courses. On the west side is a doorway with a moulded surround, a four-centred arch and a hood mould, and above it is a Perpendicular window. The bell openings have pointed cusped openings and hood moulds, and above is a plain parapet. Inside, there is a 17th-century font, and there is a 20th-century screen between the nave and the south chapel. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Malton, North Yorkshire (central area) References