Clerestory to crypt
@cryptandclerestory.bsky.social
An early-twenties church-crawler hoping to document his travels, and find new places of interest. All pictures my own unless stated otherwise.
Interested in: rambling, nature, heritage, horticulture, and birdwatching.
Interested in: rambling, nature, heritage, horticulture, and birdwatching.
Set in the north chancel wall, a 14C tomb canopy houses a worn slab carved with a foliated cross. Believed to*possibly* be that of Ralph de Chasteleyn, founder of St. Andrew's, it recalls his 1336 death in a feud that once divided Kingham and neighbouring Churchill.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Set in the north chancel wall, a 14C tomb canopy houses a worn slab carved with a foliated cross. Believed to*possibly* be that of Ralph de Chasteleyn, founder of St. Andrew's, it recalls his 1336 death in a feud that once divided Kingham and neighbouring Churchill.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
The 13C circular font on a moulded plinth is the church's oldest fitting.
#FontsonFriday
#FontsonFriday
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The 13C circular font on a moulded plinth is the church's oldest fitting.
#FontsonFriday
#FontsonFriday
On the chancel's north wall, a brass to Katherine James (d.1588) within the Easter Sepulchre depicts her kneeling with three children. The image, devotional and domestic, bridges Tudor piety and tenderness through finely incised detail on burnished brass.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On the chancel's north wall, a brass to Katherine James (d.1588) within the Easter Sepulchre depicts her kneeling with three children. The image, devotional and domestic, bridges Tudor piety and tenderness through finely incised detail on burnished brass.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
In the chancel, richly patterned encaustic tiles from the mid-1800s create a glowing floor beneath the altar. Their intricate designs - geometric, floral, and symbolic & reflect the Gothic revival's rediscovery of colour, form, and meaning in sacred decoration.
#TilesonTuesday
#TilesonTuesday
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In the chancel, richly patterned encaustic tiles from the mid-1800s create a glowing floor beneath the altar. Their intricate designs - geometric, floral, and symbolic & reflect the Gothic revival's rediscovery of colour, form, and meaning in sacred decoration.
#TilesonTuesday
#TilesonTuesday
A fine monument by R. Physick of London commemorates Lt. Col. Henry Samuel Davies (d.1851). A mourning soldier rests wearily against his sarcophagus - an evocative sculptural study of dignity, service, and loss that contrasts powerfully with the serenity of its chancel setting.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A fine monument by R. Physick of London commemorates Lt. Col. Henry Samuel Davies (d.1851). A mourning soldier rests wearily against his sarcophagus - an evocative sculptural study of dignity, service, and loss that contrasts powerfully with the serenity of its chancel setting.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
The chancel glows with 19C tastes. Its 1843 east window lights painted panels of saints, while angels above carry the instruments of Christ's passion. Carved sedilia and a piscina complete a composition uniting Victorian piety with enduring Gothic elegance.
#stainedglasssunday
#stainedglasssunday
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The chancel glows with 19C tastes. Its 1843 east window lights painted panels of saints, while angels above carry the instruments of Christ's passion. Carved sedilia and a piscina complete a composition uniting Victorian piety with enduring Gothic elegance.
#stainedglasssunday
#stainedglasssunday
The nave roof dates to 1774 containing seven low-pitched bays with carved wall-posts and gilded wooden bosses.
The striking spikey poppyhead pews have traceried bench ends of pale composition stone and were carved in the 1850s by local stonemason John Jackson.
The striking spikey poppyhead pews have traceried bench ends of pale composition stone and were carved in the 1850s by local stonemason John Jackson.
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The nave roof dates to 1774 containing seven low-pitched bays with carved wall-posts and gilded wooden bosses.
The striking spikey poppyhead pews have traceried bench ends of pale composition stone and were carved in the 1850s by local stonemason John Jackson.
The striking spikey poppyhead pews have traceried bench ends of pale composition stone and were carved in the 1850s by local stonemason John Jackson.
The tower dating from the mid-14C with a 15C embattled parapet is crowned by crocketed pinnacles and diagonal buttresses. It has trefoil-headed belfry windows, projecting stairs turret, and Tudor-arched doorway.
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The tower dating from the mid-14C with a 15C embattled parapet is crowned by crocketed pinnacles and diagonal buttresses. It has trefoil-headed belfry windows, projecting stairs turret, and Tudor-arched doorway.
Henry Lockwood's 1850s restoration of St Andrew's Church, Kingham, brought new vision. He combined and retained medieval, Tudor, 17th century, and Georgian features whilst reimagining the structure in Decorated Gothic style uniting past and Victorian present.
#SteepleSaturday
#SteepleSaturday
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Henry Lockwood's 1850s restoration of St Andrew's Church, Kingham, brought new vision. He combined and retained medieval, Tudor, 17th century, and Georgian features whilst reimagining the structure in Decorated Gothic style uniting past and Victorian present.
#SteepleSaturday
#SteepleSaturday
October 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
In the NW nave stands Jacob Epstein’s bronze bust of 1st Viscount Waverley (Anderson shelter designer), unveiled by PM Harold Macmillan in 1960. His Westminster Abbey banner hangs above. Waverley is buried in the churchyard.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In the NW nave stands Jacob Epstein’s bronze bust of 1st Viscount Waverley (Anderson shelter designer), unveiled by PM Harold Macmillan in 1960. His Westminster Abbey banner hangs above. Waverley is buried in the churchyard.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
On the chancel’s south wall stands the grand alabaster monument to William Thomas (d.1639) and his wife Anne (d.1625). Richly carved with kneeling figures, angels, and a coat of arms, it reflects Thomas’s wealth as a Lewes merchant who bought the Manor of West Dean in 1611.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
On the chancel’s south wall stands the grand alabaster monument to William Thomas (d.1639) and his wife Anne (d.1625). Richly carved with kneeling figures, angels, and a coat of arms, it reflects Thomas’s wealth as a Lewes merchant who bought the Manor of West Dean in 1611.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
Marble wall monument (1637) in the nave commemorates Susanna Tirrey, daughter of William Thomas. Depicted with cherubs bearing a spade and torch, she died in childbirth, her alabaster resting place a poignant 17th-century memorial.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Marble wall monument (1637) in the nave commemorates Susanna Tirrey, daughter of William Thomas. Depicted with cherubs bearing a spade and torch, she died in childbirth, her alabaster resting place a poignant 17th-century memorial.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
A bronze portrait of painter Sir Oswald Birley by Clare Sheridan occupies a niche in the nave. Birley, famed society portraitist & Charleston Manor resident, rests in the churchyard alongside his wife.
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A bronze portrait of painter Sir Oswald Birley by Clare Sheridan occupies a niche in the nave. Birley, famed society portraitist & Charleston Manor resident, rests in the churchyard alongside his wife.
The east window glows with colour, installed c.1890 in memory of George Allfrey & son George. Panels show Mary Magdalene, Virgin Mary, the Crucifixion, and St John with Longinus, blending biblical drama with Victorian artistry.
#StainedGlassSunday
#StainedGlassSunday
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The east window glows with colour, installed c.1890 in memory of George Allfrey & son George. Panels show Mary Magdalene, Virgin Mary, the Crucifixion, and St John with Longinus, blending biblical drama with Victorian artistry.
#StainedGlassSunday
#StainedGlassSunday
On the north side of the nave, a small Anglo-Saxon window provides rare evidence of the church’s earliest phase. Narrow and deeply splayed, it was designed to admit limited light through thick masonry walls. It confirms the presence of an early stone church, dating from before the Norman Conquest.
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
On the north side of the nave, a small Anglo-Saxon window provides rare evidence of the church’s earliest phase. Narrow and deeply splayed, it was designed to admit limited light through thick masonry walls. It confirms the presence of an early stone church, dating from before the Norman Conquest.
The nave of All Saints Church dates principally from the early 14th-century restoration carried out in the Early English style. Its finely proportioned lancet windows and medieval character are complemented by the barrel-vaulted crown-post roof added in 1984 in keeping with the original form.
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The nave of All Saints Church dates principally from the early 14th-century restoration carried out in the Early English style. Its finely proportioned lancet windows and medieval character are complemented by the barrel-vaulted crown-post roof added in 1984 in keeping with the original form.
All Saints, West Dean, is Saxo-Norman in origin with many additions and restored in 1878 & 1961. Built in flint & Eastbourne sandstone, with a Norman lower tower & Early C14 upper stage. Its rare gable spire, likened to a monk’s cowl, was called unique in Sussex by John Betjeman.
#SteepleSaturday
#SteepleSaturday
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
All Saints, West Dean, is Saxo-Norman in origin with many additions and restored in 1878 & 1961. Built in flint & Eastbourne sandstone, with a Norman lower tower & Early C14 upper stage. Its rare gable spire, likened to a monk’s cowl, was called unique in Sussex by John Betjeman.
#SteepleSaturday
#SteepleSaturday
In the left corner you can see the churchyard's guardian who came over from the neighbouring hall to check up on us...
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In the left corner you can see the churchyard's guardian who came over from the neighbouring hall to check up on us...
Charles Edward Baring Young (1850–1928), philanthropist and Conservative MP. He founded Kingham Hill School in 1886 as a self-sufficient community offering education, trades, and Christian instruction for underprivileged boys. He also established farms in Canada to help leavers start new lives.
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Charles Edward Baring Young (1850–1928), philanthropist and Conservative MP. He founded Kingham Hill School in 1886 as a self-sufficient community offering education, trades, and Christian instruction for underprivileged boys. He also established farms in Canada to help leavers start new lives.
Edmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1888–1978), is buried at St Peter’s, Daylesford. Son of press magnate Harold Harmsworth, founder of the Daily Mail, he inherited the viscountcy in 1940.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Edmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1888–1978), is buried at St Peter’s, Daylesford. Son of press magnate Harold Harmsworth, founder of the Daily Mail, he inherited the viscountcy in 1940.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
Warren Hastings (1732–1818), first Governor-General of India, is buried here. His grave, marked by a classical urn, stands in the churchyard—a memorial that ties his turbulent imperialist career to the quiet Cotswold parish he restored in 1816.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Warren Hastings (1732–1818), first Governor-General of India, is buried here. His grave, marked by a classical urn, stands in the churchyard—a memorial that ties his turbulent imperialist career to the quiet Cotswold parish he restored in 1816.
#momentomorimonday
#momentomorimonday
The south porch is a French Gothic gem: buttressed, with trefoil-headed lights, chip-carved stars, and dogtooth decoration. Inside, the studded C19 plank door sits within a reused C13 arch, with stiff-leaf capitals and chevron mouldings linking centuries of craft.
#TilesonTuesday
#TilesonTuesday
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The south porch is a French Gothic gem: buttressed, with trefoil-headed lights, chip-carved stars, and dogtooth decoration. Inside, the studded C19 plank door sits within a reused C13 arch, with stiff-leaf capitals and chevron mouldings linking centuries of craft.
#TilesonTuesday
#TilesonTuesday