Church of St Bartholomew, Moreton Corbet

Heritage listing

Details SJ 5623-5723 MORETON CORBET C.P. MORETON CORBET 18/63 Church of Saint 28.10.60 Bartholomew GV I Parish church. C12 chancel and nave, south aisle added c.1330-40, west tower of c.1539 with top stage added or rebuilt in 1769 (datestone) at the expense of Andrew Corbet. Squire's pew added and west and east walls of chancel refaced or rebuilt in 1778 (datestone) for the rector, William Clarke, and whole church restored in 1883 at the expense of Sir Vincent R. Corbet (d.1891). Dressed red sandstone (C12) and grey sandstone ashlar; plain tile roofs. Nave, chancel, south aisle with squire's pew, and west tower. Tower: 3 stages. Double moulded plinth, diagonal west buttresses rising to approximately ¾ of height of tower with chamfered offsets, string course to top stage, cill string to belfry; moulded cornice, plain parapet with inscribed cartouche to west [illegible at time of survey (January 1986) except for date: 1769] and corner pinnacles which each have shallow ogee-headed panels with carved flaming urns on pedestals, and truncated crocketed caps (removed after lightening strike; see pair flanking war memorial to west - not included on this list). Stair turret to north-east with chamfered rectangular openings. Louvred 2-light belfry openings with Y-tracery, moulded architraves, and bracketed cills. C16 second stage west window of 3 trefoil-headed lights with panelled tracery, moulded reveals, and returned hoodmould. West doorway has a pair of C19 boarded doors with strap hinges, Tudor- arch with broach-stopped chamfered reveals, carved spandrels with foliage and shields, moulded square head, and returned hoodmould with carved Prince of Wales feathers and rose,and carved stops (left-hand missing). Nave: parapeted gable end to east with moulded kneelers. Central C18

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.