Church of St Genwys

Heritage listing

Details This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22 April 2024 to correct a typo in the name, address and description and to reformat the text to current standards SK 89 NE 5/54 SCOTTON EASTGATE Church of St. Genewys 16.12.64 I Parish church. C12, late C13,C15 C16, restoration of 1866 by G. E.Street. Coursed limestone rubble with concrete tiled roofs. Western tower, nave, north and south aisles, chancel. Three stage tower with moulded string course, battlemented parapet and gargoyle chutes to north and south sides. The corner stepped buttresses are added. On the south side is a large blocked pointed arch which would have opened into the south aisle. In the blocking is a C19 pointed doorway. In the second stage is a plain single light. The west face has a small lancet at ground level and a small circular window above. In the second stage is a further smaller lancet. The belfry stage has to each face a C16 two light opening with cusped trefoil heads and mouchettes under a hoodmould. The north aisle has three C15 watershute heads and four C13 two light windows with Y tracery, one being set in the west wall and three in the north. In the east wall is a three light C13 window with Y tracery. The north door is a pointed head, with an order of roll mouding, a hobnail order and originally a hob nailed hood mould. Beside the door are engaged angle shafts with outer nook shafts, both with conceptual foliage on annular bases. The north wall of the chancel has a stepped cill course and two two light C13 windows with Y tracery, trefoil heads and quatrefoils with beyond to the east a single lancet. The C19 east window has three lights with geometric tracery. The south wall of the chancel has a C19 two light copy of the north chancel C13 windows, and a blocked priest's door

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.