Church of St Edith, Monks Kirby

Heritage listing

Details HONKS KIRBY MILLERS LANE SP49SE (North side) 8/17 Church of St. Edith 06/10/60 GV I Church. C13 chancel; remainder rebuilt late C14. Considerable late C15 alterations and upper part of tower. Tower has early C18 parapet. Re-roofed late C16. Restored and vestry added 1869. Regular coursed and ashlar red sandstone; upper part of tower of grey sandstone. Roofs hidden by moulded cornices and parapets. Nave and chancel in one; aisles and chapels in one, south-west tower, south porch, south-east vestry. Decorated and Perpendicular styles. 7-bay nave and chancel; 6-bay aisles and chapels. Chancel has splayed plinth. Massive diagonal buttresses of 2 offsets. Shallow-pitched roof. 3-light east window has C19 geometrical tracery. Moulded sill course stepped down to left and right. Hood mould with return stops, and string course at springing. North side has 2 small blocked Tudor-arched windows, and blocked arched window above. 3-light Perpendicular south window has transom and some renewed tracery. Low vestry has splay plinth and clasping buttresses. Chamfered east doorway with hood mould and plank door. Straight-headed 2-light Perpendicular windows to east and south. South aisle and porch have moulded and splay plinth. Aisle has 3 large buttresses of 2 offsets with crocketed pinnacles; smaller C19 east buttresses. C19 windows. 3-light Perpendicular east window has deep hollow-chamfered jambs and hood mould. South-east window has cusped Y-tracery. 3 large 3-light windows have unusual curvilinear tracery. Large 2-storey Decorated porch abuts tower. Stepped gable rebuilt C19. Large doorway of 2 moulded orders, chamfered back to square bases. Hood mould continues to form sill course of tower south window. Small 2-light window above has renewed tracery. Small narrow ogee lance

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.