Building record 0100800000 - ALL SAINTS CHURCH

Summary

Fourteenth to sixteenth century parish church of All Saints at Hulcott, restored in the nineteenth century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II*) 1281503: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
  • Planning Notification Area: Medieval parish church of All Saints, Hulcott

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  • PARISH CHURCH (14th Century to 19th Century - 1300 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 15m, Length 21m.
Grade II+. Parish Church. C14 and C16, restored. Rubble limestone with tiled roof, C16 wooden bellcote with boarded sides and shingled spire. Nave chancel and large C16 S. aisle incorporating C14 transept; C16 N. porch over C14 doorway. Chancel has C16 door and low side window, traceried E. window. C15 3-light windows to N.and W. walls of nave. S. aisle has C16 W. and S. windows and reset C14 S. doorway. Interior: S. arcade of 2 bays, E. arch C13, W. arch C16, and W. of this a C15 window now opening into the S. aisle. C16 braced posts carrying bellcote at W. end of naive. Monument: in S. aisle, altar tomb with indents for brasses, early C16. C14 piscina in chancel. RCHM I p.211 MON.1 (B6).
State of church in 1637. Restoration & re-opening 1863 (B2).
Chancel rebuilt in first half of C14, nave probably earlier. Early C16 S aisle built incorporating S trancept of c.1330. N porch probably C16 (B4).
Added to Historic England's Heritage at Risk register in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 due to serious structural problems in masonry. Condition described as very bad, priority as A: immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed (B9-12).

Sources (12)

  • <1>SBC7634 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 PP339-340.
  • <2>SBC13306 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1863 3 P75;GIBBS R 1887 STATE OF BUC KS PARISH CHURCHES IN C16 & C17 IN RECSOFBUCKS6P1.
  • <3>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp343-344.
  • <4>SBC12664 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P211-212.
  • <5>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <6>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p46.
  • <7>SBC25136 Unpublished document: Groundworks Archaeology. Archaeological Watching Brief All Saints Chruch, Hulcott, Buckinghamshire.
  • <8>SBC25349 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2014. All Saints' Church, Hulcott, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Watching Brief.
  • <9>SBC25497 Digital archive: Historic England. 2020. Heritage at Risk Register 2020.
  • <10>SBC25511 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. Heritage at Risk Register 2021.
  • <11>SBC25896 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. Heritage at Risk Register 2022.
  • <12>SBC26583 Digital archive: Historic England. 2023. Heritage at Risk Register 2023.

Location

Grid reference SP 85327 16685 (point)
Civil Parish HULCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief: All Saints Church, Hulcott, Buckinghamshire (EBC18121)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC136)
  • Event - Intervention: Watching Brief - Lychgate at All Saints' (Ref: HCAS 13) (EBC18238)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2023 2:02PM

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