Church of St Anthony the Martyr

Heritage listing

Details TR 24 SE ALKHAM ALKHAM VALLEY ROAD (North side) 4/5 Church of 22.8.62 St Anthony the Martyr GV I Parish church. Circa 1200 and late C13, altered C14 and C15. Restored 1872. Flint with plain tiled roof. Chancel and north chapel, nave and south aisle, western tower and south porch. Western tower much restored, in two stages with triple offset corner buttresses, string course and low spire. Cl9 Early English style west doorway and oval oculus over, and restored lancets. South aisle with buttresses, string course and parapet, all carried over to include large porch with restored gable end and wave moulded south doorway. C15 fenestration, except replaced lancets at west and east ends. North nave wall with exposed blocked arcade to now demolished aisle, with re-set lancets. Circular clerestorey windows. Chancel and north chapel separately roofed and stepped down from nave, with heavy offset corner buttresses and string course carried over from aisle and with C15 fenestration. Four-light cusped C14 East window, with 2 lancets and sexfoil over eastern assembly to chapel, with 4 lancets on string course to north, lancet and roundel to west walls. The original early C13 church was of nave with aisles extended into the chancel, with large later C13 north chapel, this arrangement apparent especially within. Interior: nave with chamfered arch to tower with moulded hood on round responds with 'water-holding' bases and bell-capitals. Arcade of 4 bays to south, 2 to north, the western 2 bays blocked in at time of building north chapel. Built 3 bays to nave, 1 to chancel with short stretch of wall between 2 bays and with no chancel arch; round piers with moulded bases and bell capitals, with continuous hood mould, and clerestory windows over. Cl9 roof of 4 crown posts. Chancel o

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.