Ashbourne, Derbyshire - St Oswald’s Church
St Oswald, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
Eastern Gateposts. The stone gate piers are capped by obelisks resting on four skulls. It is thought that the gateposts were the work of Robert Bakewell one of Derby’s finest craftsman. They date from 1700 and were set back a few feet from their original position in 1958, during road widening.
St Oswald’s Church, Church Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Grade I Listed
List Entry Number: 1207715
National Grid Reference: SK 17628 46439
Early foundation. Present church is mainly Early English from circa 1220 but a few remnants of earlier Norman work survive and a Saxon cross shaft (part) in the south aisle. The church is believed to stand on the site of a pagan holy well, now thought to be concealed beneath tyre crossing. The tower and spire circa 1330. The spire, which has been rebuilt several times, has a height of 215ft. Perpendicular additions and alterations circa 1520. The battlements to the chancel were added by Sir G G Scott in 1878 and the church was restored by Cottingham earlier in the C19. Some fine monuments from C14, of which the most famous is probably the figure of Penelope Boothby 1791, by Thomas Banks. Some mediaeval glass remains. In 1644, the church was fired on by Parliamentarians and the marks are still visible in the west wall.
Nos 38, 40 and 72, together with Pegg's Almshouses, Owlfield's Almhouses, The Mansion, the Summerhouse and the cobbled pavements form a group with the parish Church of St Oswald and the churchyard gate piers, gates and walls.
Listing NGR: SK1763146443
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207715
Ashbourne, Derbyshire - St Oswald’s Church
St Oswald, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
Eastern Gateposts. The stone gate piers are capped by obelisks resting on four skulls. It is thought that the gateposts were the work of Robert Bakewell one of Derby’s finest craftsman. They date from 1700 and were set back a few feet from their original position in 1958, during road widening.
St Oswald’s Church, Church Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Grade I Listed
List Entry Number: 1207715
National Grid Reference: SK 17628 46439
Early foundation. Present church is mainly Early English from circa 1220 but a few remnants of earlier Norman work survive and a Saxon cross shaft (part) in the south aisle. The church is believed to stand on the site of a pagan holy well, now thought to be concealed beneath tyre crossing. The tower and spire circa 1330. The spire, which has been rebuilt several times, has a height of 215ft. Perpendicular additions and alterations circa 1520. The battlements to the chancel were added by Sir G G Scott in 1878 and the church was restored by Cottingham earlier in the C19. Some fine monuments from C14, of which the most famous is probably the figure of Penelope Boothby 1791, by Thomas Banks. Some mediaeval glass remains. In 1644, the church was fired on by Parliamentarians and the marks are still visible in the west wall.
Nos 38, 40 and 72, together with Pegg's Almshouses, Owlfield's Almhouses, The Mansion, the Summerhouse and the cobbled pavements form a group with the parish Church of St Oswald and the churchyard gate piers, gates and walls.
Listing NGR: SK1763146443
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207715