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Church of All Saints, Chilvers Coton

Summary The Church of All Saints which was originally built during the Medieval period. It was largely destroyed during the Second World War and was subsequently rebuilt. It is situated on Avenue Road, Chilvers Coton.
What Is It?  
Type: Church, Tower
Period: Modern - Modern (1201 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 36 90
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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6 Church. 15th century tower. Chancel 13th cetnury, but considerably rebuilt and restored 1889-1891. Nave and north aisle rebuilt 1946-1947; south aisle added 1957-1958. Designed by H.N.Jepson. Regular coursed and ashlar sandstone. Plain-tile roofs. Aisled nave, chancel, west tower, north organ chamber. Three-bay chancel; nave of three large bays. Chancel of regular coursed stone has splay plinth. Low diagonal buttresses and buttresses flanking east window of two offsets. Three-light east window is partly 13th century, but with 20th century intersecting tracery. Hood mould. 19th century gable parapet has kneelers with carved heads. North and south windows have late 19th cernury cusped Y-tracery; hood moulds and head stops, probably medieval to north. Late 19th century two-bay organ chamber has diagonal and east buttresses. Three-light Perpendicular-style north east window. Aisles have six lancets. Perpendicular tower of three stages. First stage has western clasping buttresses and quatrefoil panelling to base. Deep-set doorway inserted below west window cuts into lower part of it. 20th century double-leaf doors. Three-light window has deep hollow-chamfered jambs. Hood mould is continued as a string course. Second stage has diagonal buttresses. Slate clock-face with moulded frame dated 1813. Third stage has hollow-chamfered two-light bell-chamber openings with renewed tracery and louvres. Moulded cornice and embattled parapet. Wrought iron and gilded weathervane. South east corner has small stair projection to lower stages. Tudor arch doorway. Interior is plastered. Chancel has late 19th century arched brace roof with stone corbels. North and south arches of two chamfered orders, the outer segmental pointed. Late 19th century Early English style chancel arch of two orders, the inner with shafts. tower arch of two moulded orders, the inner with half-octagon responds. George Eliot was baptised in the Church. Most of the Church was destroyed by bombing in 1941, and rebuilt by German prisoners of war.
1 Chancel, nave, North and South aisles, Northeast organ chamber, Northwest vestry and West tower. The chancel, and probably also the nave, date from the second half of the 13th century. North aisle added in 1837. South aisle was an earlier addition and has 13th century masonry at the East end, suggesting a transept later lengthened to form an aisle. This was almost entirely rebuilt and a new arcade inserted in 1889-91; the organ chamber and vestry are of the same date. Since this account was written the Church, with the exception of the tower, has been completely destroyed by enemy action. The Church is referred to in the 13th century. Associations with George Eliot.
4 Mostly of 1946-51, by H N Jepson, built by German prisoners of war, and decorated by them, naively, including the Monument in the churchyard. The West tower is Perp, the chancel and North chapel arch probably of circa 1890.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 4, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1947
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 4
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 4, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1947
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 4
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 4, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1947
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 4
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Buildings of England: Warwickshire
Author/originator: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A
Date: 1966
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Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: LBL
Author/originator: DoE
Date: 1947
Page Number: 2
Volume/Sheet: Warwick
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Statuatory List
Title: National Heritage List for England
Author/originator: Historic England
Date:
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monument SHAFT * Use only if function unknown, otherwise use specific type. back
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monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
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