Benchmark - All Saints - Pickwell, Leicestershire
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N 52° 41.662 W 000° 50.345
30U E 646032 N 5840464
A cut benchmark on the south west corner of All Saints' church, Pickwell.
Waymark Code: WMYZRY
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/16/2018
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A cut benchmark on the south west corner of All Saints' church, Pickwell.
|
Square |
Easting |
Northing |
Mark type |
Description |
Height |
Order |
Datum |
Verified year |
Metres above ground |
|
SK |
7855 |
1137 |
CUT MARK |
ALL SAINTS CH W JUT BUTT SW ANG S FACE |
176.513 |
3 |
'N' |
1963 |
0.400 |
"The church of ALL SAINTS consists of chancel, clerestoried nave with north and south aisles, south porch, and west tower. It is built of ironstone with limestone dressings, except for the 15th-century tower which is of grey limestone ashlar. The only visible remains of the Norman church are a fragment of ornament which has been built into the north clerestory and the tub-shaped font, carved with chevrons and intersecting arcades.
The west tower, probably built early in the 15th century, rises in three stages to an embattled parapet with angle pinnacles and prominent gargoyles. The heavy plinth moulding is continuous round the angle buttresses. The belfry stage has tall paired openings of two transomed lights with traceried heads. The tower arch, opening into the nave, has a hoodmould with carved stops which are similar to those on the small west window in the lowest stage of the tower. Other 15th-century work in the church includes the provision of a low-pitched roof and parapets to the chancel, as well as an embattled parapet to the south aisle."
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