Bell Tower - St Chad - Longford, Derbyshire
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N 52° 56.512 W 001° 40.923
30U E 588564 N 5866616
Bell tower of St Chad's church, Longford, with a ring of 6 bells.
Waymark Code: WM1525G
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/30/2021
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Bell tower of St Chad's church, Longford, with a ring of 6 bells.
"Parish church. C12, early C14, C15 and C16, with various minor restorations throughout C19. Sandstone, rubble to north aisles, ashlar elsewhere. Green slate nave roof, grey slate elsewhere, with stone coped gables and an eastern ridge cross to nave. Deep plinth with moulded copings to tower and chancel, continuous moulded sill band to chancel and embattled parapets with ridgeback copings to nave and tower. Two stage western tower, clerestoried nave with north and south aisles and lower chancel.
Tower is C15 and has almost full-height stepped angle buttresses to all corners. C19 west door set in cavetto moulded recess has central stone pillar flanked by flat headed doors with four-centred arched Y-traceried windows above, all set within a larger four-centred arch with cusped spandrels under flat hoodmould. Above, tall three-light C15 panel tracery window set in deep cavetto moulded surround with hoodmould over, South side of tower has small stairlight windows to west side and above central trefoil headed lancet. Above continuous moulded string course and pairs of cusped Y-tracery, louvred bell openings, set in deep cavetto moulded surrounds with continuous hoodmoulds to each face. Moulded string course over with corner and central gargoyles and parapets above."
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