Listed Building record MDR5771 - St Wilfrid's Church, The Village, West Hallam

St Wilfrid's Church, The Village, West Hallam, originally dating to the 14th century. 'West Hallam 'church, which is dedicated to St Wilfred, consists of nave and aisles, north porch, chancel with north chapel, and west tower'. In 1855 the church was extensively restored. 'The north arcade approximates to the early English style, and cannot, we think be later than 1275; but the opposite arcade is distinctly Decorated, and seems to be circa 1320. The chancel arch corresponds with the work of the earlier arcade. ...The hood mould of the south door is...of Decorated date. There are three clerestory windows... erected in the Perpendicular period. The north aisle is continued eastwards so as to form a chapel to the chancel, into which it opens by a Decorated archway... The chancel has much new work about it; but one of the two-light square-headed windows on the south side is of Decorated date, and so are the buttresses at its east end. The two-light north chancel window... is of Perpendicular date, and exactly corresponds with the architecture of the tower and its deeply-recessed west windows of three lights'.' (1) 'The church at West Hallam is dedicated to St Wilfrid. It is an ancient edifice of stone, and comprises chancel with north chapel, nave, aisles, north porch, and a west tower. There is reason to believe that the church was built by one of the Cromwell's in about 1275, as the north arcade and the chancel arch are of the Early English style that prevailed at this time. There are further Decorated and Perpendicular alterations and additions. Extensive restoration work was carried out in 1855. Ancient stained glass of St James the Less remains in one of the clerestory windows, and it is thought that each of the remaining twelve clerestory windows were originally filled with the figures of Apostles. There are also fragments of ancient glass in one of the windows of the south chancel wall. The church also contains a few ancient monuments.' (2) 'St Wilfrid's Church has a nave and two aisles. The north arcade has octagonal piers and is difficult to date. The rest of the church is largely 14th century in date.' (4) From the National Heritage List for England: 'PARISH OF WEST HALLAM THE VILLAGE SK 44 SW 2/107 (South Side) Church of St Wilfrid l0.ll.67 II* Parish church. C14, C15, restored in C19. Coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings. Welsh slate roof with decorative ridge tiles. Moulded stone coped gables and parapets. West tower, aisled nave, chancel and north porch. Moulded plinth. West tower of two stages. Tall lower stage has low diagonal buttresses to west. West doorway moulded, with buttress shafts. 3-light Perp window above, with depressed four-centred arch and a castellated transom. Single lancet window to south. The bell stage has 2-light cusped Y-tracery bell openings to each face. Below on the north side is a clock. Battlements with gargoyles at the angles. C19 south aisle of three bays divided by buttresses. Doorway with moulded pointed arch and studded door, in the west bay, and 2-light windows in other bays, of two cusped lancets under square heads. C20 boiler house to west of aisle, not of special interest. West window of two cusped lancets. C17 clerestory of three 2-light windows. Arched lights under square heads. Plain parapet. 2-light east window with reticulation unit and hoodmould with head stops. Two bay chancel divided by a buttress. Two 2-light windows under square heads, consisting of cusped lancets with mouchettes above. All C19. 3-light east window has Dec tracery renewed in the C19. The north side of the chancel has a 2-light window of two cusped lancets under a four-centred arch, deeply set, with concave surround. The north vestry is a continuation of the aisle. Doorway to east with wave moulded surround and hoodmould with headstops. Window above of three cusped lancet lights under an almost triangular head. North aisle of three bays. Unbuttressed. Three windows of two cusped lancet lights under square heads, with returned hoodmoulds. Clerestory as on the south side. Square porch has a doorway with wave moulding, buttress shafts and hoodmould with head stops. Single lancet at the west end of the north aisle. Plain parapet to clerestory, aisle and porch. Interior: three bay arcades with octagonal piers and abaci, and double chamfered arches. Single chamfered tower arch with inner chamfered order on corbels. Double chamfered chancel arch with semi-circular responds. Various incised slabs and brass indents set in the chancel floor. Monument in the chancel set in a semi-circular headed recess. To Walter Powtrell, died 1598, and wife, recumbent alabaster effigies on a tomb chest. Incised slab to Thomas Powtrell, died 1484. Wall tablet in the south aisle to William Simpson, died 1790, by Braddow. Tablet in the north aisle dated 1697 with Latin inscription, heavy scrolled pediment. Corbelled out piscina with plain chamfered arch. In the south aisle chapel, a tiny trefoiled piscina set low down. Unmoulded octagonal font on a square base, with broaches at the angles of the bowl. C19 Jacobean style pulpit. C19 tiled sanctuary. Stained glass. Chancel east window of 1855 by O'Connor. Medieval glass in the chancel north window with quarries of birds and later shields. Chancel south window, C19, with figures set in architectural niches and with a background of acorns and oak leaves. North aisle west window of 1928. Listing NGR: SK4321841116.' (6)