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Cotterstock church is viewed form across a filed, with several fine cows in the middleground. The church tower is to the left, then a short nave and side aisle and a much larger and finer chancel. The nave has a much shallower pitch and slightly higher walls than the chancel. So it all looks a bit like it's been bodged together. The tower and nave are of a creamy course cut stone, while the porch and chancel are of a slightly lighter colour, but that could just be the finer cutting making the walls appear smoother. The sky is massed grey/white clouds.
This is an unusual church. The tower is to the right, the body of the church is to the left and away from us. We can see 2 faces of the tower. In 3 stages, it dates from the 12thC. The tower has an unusual pitched roof and there are only a few small windows in tower's west face. In the lower stage of the North face of the tower we can see 3 blind arches of an arcade. Of the church we can see the North side aisle and porch above wich is a short clerestory of 3 bays. The church is of a brown/grey rubble stone. The church is set on top of a slope and we can see the fields of Northamptonshire spread out beyond the church. There are trees framing the church on either side of our view and the sky is an almost cloudless blue. The grass in front of us is closely mown and slightly parched. The image makes me think of a hot August.
Against a blue sky with a band of light cloud, we see the spire at Kettering. In this light it appears grey in colour, but the West face we are looking at is in shade. There is a doorway and a large 5 light window. Then a small lancet window and a clock. There are then 3 lancet windows before we reach the top of the tower section. There are octagonal pinnacles on each corner. The spire is also octagonal, with stone blobs on each corner. There are 3 lights of decreasing size in alternate faces of the spire. It's tall and quite hard to get far enough away to fit in the image. In front of the church is a set of stone steps and a gravel drive. There are trees on either side
Against a blue sky with just a few puffy white clouds stands Wansfoed church. There's a tower of 3 stages and a broached spire at the right, with a nave (with clerestory & side aisle) and a chancel. These are slight obscured by the bare leaved tree that stands this side of the churchyard wall. The church is of a grey/cream stone and it appears finely cut.
A modern church in light brown brick against a blue sky, just a few puffy white clouds. The church has a tower and about 2/3rds of the way up a set of lighter bands in brick, where the louvres are. To the left of the tower is the church entrance, with a high canopy over it. In front is a road and some cones and to the right what appears to be 2 people working, maybe dealing with the bushes that are between the church and the road, they have a green piece of machinery that I can't identify!
Photo from Church website: https://nenecrossings.org.uk/our-churches/ This is an odd looking church. You can't see it easily from here, but the tower is almost detached, with just a low passageway connecting the church and tower. It was originally home to a college of monks. The tower and church are of mixed stone construction, with ironstone giving the distinctive reddish colouring. The octagon is supposed to have been used as a navigational beacon for crossing the Nene. We see the tower poking above evergreens trees which mostly obscure the church from this vantage point. The tower had a set of louvres visible then the octagon and a short lead roofed turret topping the thing off. The sky of blue and the grass of the churchyard is neatly trimmed.
A modern church in light brown brick against a blue sky, just a few puffy white clouds. The church has a tower and about 2/3rds of the way up a set of lighter bands in brick, where the louvres are. To the left of the tower is the church entrance, with a high canopy over it. In front is a road and some cones and to the right what appears to be 2 people working, maybe dealing with the bushes that are between the church and the road, they have a green piece of machinery that I can't identify!
Photo by Melanie Plumley. Raunds tower is an ornate item. In this view, we can see 4 layers of the sandstone tower, and the broached spire above. The lower later is fairly plain, The second layer has vertical columns dividing the wall into 4, with lancet tops. The 3rd layer is similar, but in 5 sections and shorter and has a window in the middle section.
Against a deep blue sky, with white puffy clouds, we see Rothwell's tower. This is mostly ironstone, with some banding in different shades of cream to russet. The tower has 4 levels. The lowest has the door and 4/5 sets of columns & arches carved into it. The second is banded, but plain. The third has the clock and a window (the ringing room) and the 4th has the double louvres. There are pinnacles on the corners of the tower and a flag pole/weather vane thing sticking up from the middle of the tower. The tower is viewed up a slope and appears to be leaning away from us. The remainder of the church is hidden from view by a wall and bushes to the right and by trees to the left.
A modern church in light brown brick against a blue sky, just a few puffy white clouds. The church has a tower and about 2/3rds of the way up a set of lighter bands in brick, where the louvres are. To the left of the tower is the church entrance, with a high canopy over it. In front is a road and some cones and to the right what appears to be 2 people working, maybe dealing with the bushes that are between the church and the road, they have a green piece of machinery that I can't identify!
Against a blue sky with a band of light cloud, we see the spire t Kettering. In this light it appears grey in colour, but the West face we are looking at is in shade. There is a doorway and a large 5 light window. Then a small lancet window and a clock. There are then 3 lancet windows before we reach the top of the tower section. There are octagonal pinnacles on each corner. The spire is also octagonal, with stone blobs on each corner. There are 3 lights of decreasing size in alternate faces of the spire. It's tall and quit hard to get far enough away to fit in the image. In front of the church is a set if stone steps and a gravel drive. There are trees on either side
The church looks low, but only because the spire is so tall. The nave & clerestory are visible, in local sandstone with ironstone banding. 2 large windows are visible in the nave wall. Above, the tower is extended by the spire, with is buttressed at its base and has 3 sets of lights moving up to the top. The sky is almost entirely blue and the tree visible to the right has bare branches.
Helmdon tower barely sticks up much above the nave in this view. The chancel has a large 4 light window and a pitched tiled roof. There are different window styles and heights, suggesting several stages of building activity. The nave has a side aisle and 4 sets of windows in the wall above. There is a porch protruding from the side aisle. The tower is at the far end, and all we can see is the louvres and the crenelated parrapet. Them chuch is of mixed stone in creams/greys. The grass in the chutchyard is neatly cut and there is a shadow of a tree on the grass in front of us, the photographer is standing under it. The sky is a mistly blue with cloud bubbling up
A modern church in light brown brick against a blue sky, just a few puffy white clouds. The church has a tower and about 2/3rds of the way up a set of lighter bands in brick, where the louvres are. To the left of the tower is the church entrance, with a high canopy over it. In front is a road and some cones and to the right what appears to be 2 people working, maybe dealing with the bushes that are between the church and the road, they have a green piece of machinery that I can't identify!
Hellidon church appears to hunker low to the ground. The tower is at the West end and the left of the image. It is square with robust corner buttresses. There is a hexagonal black closk with gold numerals on this side of the tower. The loures are small and the tower is topped with a crenelated parrapet. The church has a pitched tiled roof and just a porch jutting out on this side. The chancel is lower and narrower than the nave. The whole is os a mixed, rustic, construction, mainly of a grey stone with some ironstone, especially in the nave. The churchyard is neatly tended and there are trees all around, includeing a few leaves and branches in the top of the image. The sky is a cloudy grey, there is just a patch of blue sky over the chancel.
We're looking at the church from the West end, with the tower facing us. It has 4 stages, with a door in the lower section and a window dissecting both stage 1 and 2. The third stage is small and contains the clock, while the 4th is the tallest, and has the louvres. The tower is topped by crenelations. The lower stages and the church are a mixed ironstone, while the upper stages of the tower are a paler, cleaner cut stone. There's a large evergreen tree to the right and the sky is mostly white clouds, with the blue peeping through in places.
This is an unusual church. The tower is to the right, the body of the church is to the left and away from us. We can see 2 faces of the tower. In 3 stages, it dates from the 12thC. The tower has an unusual pitched roof and there are only a few small windows in tower's west face. In the lower stage of the North face of the tower we can see 3 blind arches of an arcade. Of the church we can see the North side aisle and porch above wich is a short clerestory of 3 bays. The church is of a brown/grey rubble stone. The church is set on top of a slope and we can see the fields of Northamptonshire spread out beyond the church. There are trees framing the church on either side of our view and the sky is an almost cloudless blue. The grass in front of us is closely mown and slightly parched. The image makes me think of a hot August.
Orlingbury is a cruciform church, with a central tower. We see the church from the east end, the nave towards us, porch and transept to the right. There's a large tracery window on the East end. There's a window, porch and window before the transept. The tower stands tall in the centre, with a clock and then tall louvres before a crenelated top and tall pinnacles. The church is ironstone with cream stone facings and tracery. The sky is cloudy, and the grass is green. There is a clump of bright yellow daffs in the middle of the image. Photo by David Rose
In a black and white photo, a couple stand on an impressive set of stairs, She's in a white wedding dress, long, trains, veil and a small posy, he's in a dark suit with either a bad case of dandruff or a lot of confetti on his hair and suit. They are holding hands and looking down at the photographer. It's all quite glamorous.
Harringworth church taken by hjd_photopics on instagram. The church is being viewed from the chancel end, and we can see the tower at the opposite end of the church. There is a side ailse on this side and there are 4 pairs of square headed windows in the nave wall above the roof. The tower has only 1 stage, with opening fpr louvres visible above the nave roof and a broached spire with 3 sets of lights, the lowers ones quite large. The nave and tower are of a creamy, mottled stone, while the side aisle appears more grey in colour. The spire is of tiles or slates. Beyond the church is a bare tree and to either side are evergreens. The grass is a lush green and the sky is almost white, probably an overcast layer of cloud providing the blank canvass.
Wicken church is viewed from the chancel end. A large East window faces us, with a cruciform church layout evident. The tower is at the West end, and emerges above the chancel roof. The whole is form a neatly cut beige stone. The tower has several stages that taper and a parapet. The church is viewed across a raised churchyard, the grass is almost at eyelevel nearest to the photographer. It is neatly trimmed and there are a number of columnar evergreens. The sky is mostly blue, with light, high cloud and puffy white clouds. It feels like a summer evening.
Against a deep blue sky, with white puffy clouds, we see Rothwell's tower. This is mostly ironstone, with some banding in different shades of cream to russet. The tower has 4 levels. The lowest has the door and 4/5 sets of columns & arches carved into it. The second is banded, but plain. The third has the clock and a window (the ringing room) and the 4th has the double louvres. There are pinnacles on the corners of the tower and a flag pole/weather vane thing sticking up from the middle of the tower. The tower is viewed up a slope and appears to be leaning away from us. The remainder of the church is hidden from view by a wall and bushes to the right and by trees to the left.
This is an unusual church. The tower is to the right, the body of the church is to the left and away from us. We can see 2 faces of the tower. In 3 stages, it dates from the 12thC. The tower has an unusual pitched roof and there are only a few small windows in tower's west face. In the lower stage of the North face of the tower we can see 3 blind arches of an arcade. Of the church we can see the North side aisle and porch above wich is a short clerestory of 3 bays. The church is of a brown/grey rubble stone. The church is set on top of a slope and we can see the fields of Northamptonshire spread out beyond the church. There are trees framing the church on either side of our view and the sky is an almost cloudless blue. The grass in front of us is closely mown and slightly parched. The image makes me think of a hot August.
Isham church stands in a raised churchyard, with retaining wall. The construction is mostly a pale greyish stone, with the odd ironstone block thrown in. The tower is to the right, and tapers as is increases in height. There is a side aisle that extends the length of the nave and there's a porch on the side facing us. The sky is blue with wispy clouds. We're stood under a willow, from the tree appearing in the top left hand corner
Photo from Moulton PCC. There' a fabulous mackerel sky above the church. It is constructed of a golden honey coloured stone. The tower is to the left, the porch is immediately in front of us and we're stood at the church gates, with the path leading to the porch in front of us. The tower has corner buttresses and 3 visible stages. the first entends to above the height of the name, the second has a dual light lancet window. The final stage is a lighter and more crisply cut stone. There are a pair of louvres, with a clock in front of them. There are crenelations and flagpole. The church itself has a small window to the left and them 3 large4, 4 light windows to the right. The church yard is neatly cropped grass and the surrounding trees are in leaf.
Nassington church appears almost white against the blue sky. The spire is tall and slender, with pinnacles around the top of the tower. We can see a set of louvres in the tower above the church roof. The clerestory consists of 5 windows and there are 2 larger windows visible in the wall of the aisle. There is a beautiful magnolia tree in full bloom in front of the church. The tree at the left is bare and there's an evergreen to the right. It's one of those beautiful clear, crisp days.
A modern church in light brown brick against a blue sky, just a few puffy white clouds. The church has a tower and about 2/3rds of the way up a set of lighter bands in brick, where the louvres are. To the left of the tower is the church entrance, with a high canopy over it. In front is a road and some cones and to the right what appears to be 2 people working, maybe dealing with the bushes that are between the church and the road, they have a green piece of machinery that I can't identify!
Under a very grey sky, Lyddington tower stands, a hefty looking thing. The tower is built of ironstone, with the mottled appearance typical of that material. The tower has 4 stages, the lower has a door, with carved moulding in a cream stone. Stage 2 has sunstantial dual light window, while stage 3 has a small single light window and a round clock with gold numerals and hands. The 4th stage has pairs of louvres and is topped by a crenelated parapet. There's a stumpy spire with 2 sets of lights. We can;t see a lot of the church from here, what we can i constructed of the same stone with cream stone for the window mouldings. The picture is taken from outside the churchyard and there are iron gates between us and the church, the pedestrian gate is open. There's a substantial wall to the left of the image, obscuring part of the church. This is the wall to Lyddington Bede House, a former Bishop's Palace. To the right of the gates is a brown English Heritage sign directing visitors to the Bede House. Well worth a visit, btw
Northampton All Saints is a Georgian church, with a pillared portico with a balustrade and ornaments on top. Behind, there is a square tower with a clock, louvres and lantern. The whole is illuminated by a light show in this picture, with images of flames playing across the frontage. The sky is the deep blue of early evening
Towcester, an ironstone tower with some limestone banding either side of the West window. The tower is partially obscured by the large evergreen bushes in the vicarage garden. The tower has 4 stages, a clock in the 3rd and the louvres in the 4th. There are crenelations. The church is behind the tower, the north aisle is partially visible. The sky is a uniform grey and it looks a bit chilly.
Photo of Weedon Bec church by Laura Ward A gently glowing church of sandstone sits in a winter churchyard. The trees are bare all around, some freshly coppiced. The sky is mottled blue with a thinning layer of white clouds. looks like a lovely day for a walk.
The church looks low, but only because the spire is so tall. The nave & clerestory are visible, in local sandstone with ironstone banding. 2 large windows are visible in the nave wall. Above, the tower is extended by the spire, with is buttressed at its base and has 3 sets of lights moving up to the top. The sky is almost entirely blue and the tree visible to the right has bare branches.
A modern church in light brown brick against a blue sky, just a few puffy white clouds. The church has a tower and about 2/3rds of the way up a set of lighter bands in brick, where the louvres are. To the left of the tower is the church entrance, with a high canopy over it. In front is a road and some cones and to the right what appears to be 2 people working, maybe dealing with the bushes that are between the church and the road, they have a green piece of machinery that I can't identify!
Rushden Spire stands out well against the sky in this photo. Taken from the East end of the church, there's a chancel and side chapels, although the end wall is somewhat hidden by bushes and a tree. We can see parts of the large windows in the end wall. The body is the church is not visible form here, we can see the side aisle sticking out to the left and the west end tower sticking up over the roof line. There are louvres visible, and pinnacles with arched supports to the tall tower. This has 3 sets of lights and carved balls (for want of a better description) running up the ridges. The sky is blue with white puffy clouds. The churchyard is green, and there are a lot of bushes and trees about, including some flowers, but the roses are not yet out.
Whilton is a rather odd looking church! Working from the left there's the tower, the nave and the chancel. The chancel ridge line is higher and has a steeper roof line than the nave, the chancel is tiled, while the nave is a verdigris copper. The church is of an iron stone, while the tower is rougher and a paler stone. Looks like someones taken 3 entirely disparate parts and stuck them together! The churchyard is mown neatly and the sky has puffy clouds in front of a blue sky.
Stoke Doyle is a compact Georgian church that would not be out of place in a town, but it is, instead, perched on the edge of a small village. It replaced a much larger medieval church. The church is rectangular, built of a clean cut cream stone. We can see the East end with a pilastered window. In the side wall of the nave there are 4 large arched windows and a door with arched canopy. Beyond is the tower which is square and plain, with a ballulstrate and tapered pinnacles on the corners. The sky is a uniform dull grey, the church yard a lush green.
Against a blue sky with a band of light cloud, we see the spire t Kettering. In this light it appears grey in colour, but the West face we are looking at is in shade. There is a doorway and a large 5 light window. Then a small lancet window and a clock. There are then 3 lancet windows before we reach the top of the tower section. There are octagonal pinnacles on each corner. The spire is also octagonal, with stone blobs on each corner. There are 3 lights of decreasing size in alternate faces of the spire. It's tall and quit hard to get far enough away to fit in the image. In front of the church is a set if stone steps and a gravel drive. There are trees on either side
Ringstead tower is visible here, between 2 yew trees. The church is hidden behind the one to the left. In front of the tower is a porch with white gates in the entrance. The tower is square and has several stages, which taper slightly. There is then a robust broached spire with sets of louvres to allow the bell sound out. The sky is blue and the sun is behind the cloud to the left, we can see the light band of cloud around the edges.
A bride and groom, standing in a belfry, each holding ropes. Lots of smiling is happening. :-)
We're looking at the church from the West end, with the tower facing us. It has 4 stages, with a door in the lower section and a window dissecting both stage 1 and 2. The third stage is small and contains the clock, while the 4th is the tallest, and has the louvres. The tower is topped by crenelations. The lower stages and the church are a mixed ironstone, while the upper stages of the tower are a paler, cleaner cut stone. There's a large evergreen tree to the right and the sky is mostly white clouds, with the blue peeping through in places.
Harrington tower is viewed through a number of tree trunks. There is a beaten earth path between us and the tower. The tower is relatively simple, with corner buttresses and a single arched louvre in the top before some small pinnacles disappear into the tree branches. It is winter, the trees are all bare, but there is a strong low sun from the right of the image and the sky is a clear blue.
Whilton is a rather odd looking church! Working from the left there's the tower, the nave and the chancel. The chancel ridge line is higher and has a steeper roof line than the nave, the chancel is tiled, while the nave is a verdigris copper. The church is of an iron stone, while the tower is rougher and a paler stone. Looks like someones taken 3 entirely disparate parts and stuck them together! The churchyard is mown neatly and the sky has puffy clouds in front of a blue sky.
A modern church in light brown brick against a blue sky, just a few puffy white clouds. The church has a tower and about 2/3rds of the way up a set of lighter bands in brick, where the louvres are. To the left of the tower is the church entrance, with a high canopy over it. In front is a road and some cones and to the right what appears to be 2 people working, maybe dealing with the bushes that are between the church and the road, they have a green piece of machinery that I can't identify!
Rushden Spire stands out well against the sky in this photo. Taken from the East end of the church, there's a chancel and side chapels, although the end wall is somewhat hidden by bushes and a tree. We can see parts of the large windows in the end wall. The body is the church is not visible form here, we can see the side aisle sticking out to the left and the west end tower sticking up over the roof line. There are louvres visible, and pinnacles with arched supports to the tall tower. This has 3 sets of lights and carved balls (for want of a better description) running up the ridges. The sky is blue with white puffy clouds. The churchyard is green, and there are a lot of bushes and trees about, including some flowers, but the roses are not yet out.
An evening picture of St Johns in Peterborough. The tower stands in the middle of the end of the church, there are aisles on each side. There are large arched windows all around. Sky is clear and an evening blue.
Wicken church is viewed from the chancel end. A large East window faces us, with a cruciform church layout evident. The tower is at the West end, and emerges above the chancel roof. The whole is form a neatly cut beige stone. The tower has several stages that taper and a parapet. The church is viewed across a raised churchyard, the grass is almost at eyelevel nearest to the photographer. It is neatly trimmed and there are a number of columnar evergreens. The sky is mostly blue, with light, high cloud and puffy white clouds. It feels like a summer evening.
Stanion church has a tall tower and even taller spire. The nave is quite low, enhancing the effect. Viewed from across the churchyard, the tower is to the left ,the chancel to the right. The chancel has a tiled roof, the nave has 3 windows above the side aisle and is taller and has a shallower pitch, such that the roof isn't visible. Then the tower which has 3 visible stages and is topped by a broached spire. The whole is constructed of a cream stone of slightly variegated colour. The sky is blue with about half coverage of puffy clouds, the grass is a lush green, but there are no shadows, there must be a cloud in front of the sun.
This is an unusual church. The tower is to the right, the body of the church is to the left and away from us. We can see 2 faces of the tower. In 3 stages, it dates from the 12thC. The tower has an unusual pitched roof and there are only a few small windows in tower's west face. In the lower stage of the North face of the tower we can see 3 blind arches of an arcade. Of the church we can see the North side aisle and porch above wich is a short clerestory of 3 bays. The church is of a brown/grey rubble stone. The church is set on top of a slope and we can see the fields of Northamptonshire spread out beyond the church. There are trees framing the church on either side of our view and the sky is an almost cloudless blue. The grass in front of us is closely mown and slightly parched. The image makes me think of a hot August.
Harpole is a church mostly constructed of ironstone, with lighter blocks in the upper reaches of the building. We are viewing it from the road, with the raised churchyard wall in front of us. There's a porch, with the tower beyond. There's a clerestory and nave and, to the right, the chancel. The sky is mostly white could.
Picture from Harlestone PCC Harlestone is a typical Northamptonshire ironstone church. We are viewing it from the entrance, with a path leading to the porch. Just beyond is the tower, with the church and chancel to the right from our view. The tower is square and fairly short, there is a stage with louvres above the nave roof. There's a clerestory pf 4 windows above a side aisle. The chancel is lower and has a steeper pitched, tiled roof. The church yard is neatly trimmed and there are shadows in front of us. The sky is blue with a few puffy clouds drifting along.
Image is of Peterborough Cathedral. A broad frontage with 3 arches and 2 towers either side. Ornately carved and with a projecting porch in the lower portion of the middle arch. The green in front is not very evident. The sky is a deep blue and there are just a few wisps of cloud. The sun is shining and there are deep shadows in the arches.
Northampton All Saints is a Georgian church, with a pillared portico with a balustrade and ornaments on top. Behind, there is a square tower with a clock, louvres and lantern. The whole is illuminated by a light show in this picture, with images of flames playing across the frontage. The sky is the deep blue of early evening
Towcester, an ironstone tower with some limestone banding either side of the West window. The tower is partially obscured by the large evergreen bushes in the vicarage garden. The tower has 4 stages, a clock in the 3rd and the louvres in the 4th. There are crenelations. The church is behind the tower, the north aisle is partially visible. The sky is a uniform grey and it looks a bit chilly.
Photo from Church website: https://nenecrossings.org.uk/our-churches/ This is an odd looking church. You can't see it easily from here, but the tower is almost detached, with just a low passageway connecting the church and tower. It was originally home to a college of monks. The tower and church are of mixed stone construction, with ironstone giving the distinctive reddish colouring. The octagon is supposed to have been used as a navigational beacon for crossing the Nene. We see the tower poking above evergreens trees which mostly obscure the church from this vantage point. The tower had a set of louvres visible then the octagon and a short lead roofed turret topping the thing off. The sky of blue and the grass of the churchyard is neatly trimmed.
Six ladies in a row in the white painted ringing room at Peterborough St Mary's
In a white painted room, 6 people are arranged, 3 up the stairs, 3 along the floor. The ladies all look justifiably pleased with themselves.
We're looking at the West end of Pattishall church. It is above us, in a raised churchyard, with a grassy churchyard on a rising slope. The West end comprises a tower and 2 side aisles visible. A sandstone construction with ironstone facings lit by a setting sun, it is golden. The tower consists of 3 stages, the lower having a door and dual lancet window. The mid section has the clock (~7:50 by the way). The upper section has an opening divided into 2 louvres. There's then a small space before the top of the tower. The sky is a clear blue of a summer evening.