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Worksop Priory

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The Church
The School Annexe
The Gatehouse
The Priory Cross

Church

Augustinian priory, now Parish church. C12, C13, C14, restored 1845-49 by R. Nicholson; Lady chapel restored 1922, south transept built 1929, north transept built 1935 by Sir Harold Breakspear. Crossing tower, sanctuary and east end by Laurence King, 1966-74. Regular and irregularly coursed ashlar and squared rubble; slate and flat roofs. Ashlar dressings, buttresses moulded and chamfered plinths, string courses, sill band, hood moulds, dentillated eaves and wavy corbel table, and moulded parapets. 2 west towers, nave, north porch and offices, cloister wall, north aisle, north transept, crossing tower, sanctuary, east end, lady chapel, south transept, south aisle, south porch. West towers, C12 and C14, have 4 gargoyles. South tower has, to south, C12 lancet with nailhead; north tower has, to west, heavily moulded doorway, early C12, with single shaft respondsand blind arcading. Second stages have single C13 lancets, and south tower only, clock. Third stages have single lancets on 3 sides; fourth stages have on each side a pair of round headed openings each containing 2 Transitional lancets with colonettes. Nave west end has central Cll doorway with shaft responds and waterleaf capitals and richly moulded head with hood mould and beak stops. C19 doors with decorative hinges. Above, moulded round headed Cll window with nailhead. Above again, coped gable with cross. Clerestorey has 8 round headed windows on each side. Single storey monastic parlour now north porch, has to west, C12 doorway, 2 orders, with roll, cove and zigzag moulding and waterleaf capitals. To east, single C19 double lancet. Remains of cloister wall adjoining north porch has single round headed and four centred arched doorways, chamfered rectangular opening and collapsed opening. North aisle, restored 1845-49, has 7 single lancets. To west, C12 doorway, 3 orders, with square capitals and zigzag and nailhead moulding. To east, similar blocked doorway, 3 orders, with roll moulding. North transept, 1935, in C13 style, 2 bays deep and 3 bays wide, has 8 lancets. Crossing tower, 1974, has 2 full height window recesses in each side, parapet and fleche. Gabled C20 sanctuary. Lady chapel, C13, 2 bays, has to east 3 lancets with keeled clustered intermediate shafts and roll moulded heads. South side has 2 similar triple lancets. South transept, 1929, in Transitional style, 3 bays deep and 3 bays wide, has round headed windows. South aisle, similar to north aisle, 9 bays, has 8 lancets with nailhead, and south porch. Single bay south porch, C13, has crenellated coped gable with sundial and crocketted pinnacle. South doorway with triple roll moulding. Interior has stone benches, C12 doorway, 3 orders, with nailhead capitals and noteworthy C12 doors with elaborate hinges. Above, cusped head niche, and similar niche in east wall. 4 bay rib vault. Nave arcade, 9 bays, has to east 2 Cll arches with round piers, scallop capitals, roll mould and billet moulded hood with arcading. To west, alternating round and octagonal piers with pseudo-piers under west towers. All piers have water holding bases and stiff leaf capitals with dogtooth, cove and roll moulded arches and hoods with dogtooth. Above, string course and triforium, 18 bays, with alternate large and small openings, the larger breaking into the clerestorey. Large openings have shafts with square capitals and dogtooth and nailhead bands. Small openings have dogtooth and nailhead bands. Above again, 8 bay clerestorey with roll moulded openings with shafts, and above again, nailhead eaves band. Scissor braced principal rafter roof, c.1849. Roll moulded crossing arch has responds with scallop capitals, and above, blind arcade with central wheel window with stained glass. West end has roll moulded doorway, and above, window with stained glass, 1868. Below north tower, carillion mechanism behind timber screen, 1931. North porch, 3 bays, has vault with moulded ribs and shaft responds. North aisle, 9 bays, has to west C13 arch with keeled responds and stiff leaf capitals, 8 windows with C19 stained glass, and moulded C13 tomb recess. Plain vault, early C13. To east, round arch into north transept with responds and scallop capitals. Zigzag moulding on east face. North transept has painted ashlar reredos by Sir G. Scott, removed from east end. To north, C13 pillar piscina. Below crossing, C20 altar on plinth, roll moulded nave arch with remains of responds and waterleaf capitals. Lady chapel has to north blind arcade, 2 bays, with central clustered pier, chamfered arches and C20 ashlar screen. East end has triple lancet with interlaced hoods and C20 stained glass. South side has C13 piscina and matching sedilia. South transept has 2 restored C13 arches, and to west, C12 arch into south aisle with zigzag moulding. South aisle has 9 windows with shafts and C19 stained glass. Plain vault, C13, with moulded ribs. Fittings include font, 1857, with octagonal main shaft and panelled square bowl; font, 1974; communion table, early C17; chest, late C17; C20 benches, stalls and chairs. In south aisle, brass 1615, with Renaissance style surround; 11 tablets and brasses, C19 and C20; in west end, 5 memorial tablets, late C18 and 1823; war memorial in Lady chapel; in north aisle, 4 C19 brasses. In south transept, 3 mutilated alabaster figures, 1366, 1406 and early C15.

School Annexe

School. 1841, extended 1878. Ashlar with C20 slate roof. Ashlar dressings, coped gables with kneelers, single gable stack and single decorative finial. Single storey, 7 bays. Main south front has 3 projecting gabled bays, each with triple lancet. To left, 2 pointed arched doorways with hood moulds; to right, triple lancet flanked by later C19 buttresses; beyond, to right, single bay lean-to addition with close boarded door. West end has flat roofed single storey porch with ramped coped parapet and 3 light mullioned window with depressed ogee hood mould. Rear elevation has similar fenestration to front.

Gatehouse

Gatehouse. Early C14; restored 1814, 1891, 1909-12, 1959, 1974. Irregularly coursed ashlar and coursed rubble with cross-gabled and lean-to pantile roofs. Ashlar dressings, moulded plinth, first floor band and eaves band with nailhead; coped gables, that to south with cross. 2 storeys, 3 bays, square plan with lean-to wings. Main south front has 4 gabled buttresses, the central pair with single gabled niches. Central entry arch has rebated and roll moulded arch with filleted clustered shaft responds and moulded capitals and hood mould. To left, mullioned window, and to right, attached shrine chapel. Above, central C15 segmental headed sextuple lancet with cusped heads and reticulated tracery, flanked by single gabled crocketted niches containing figures, and beyond, single Tudor arched openings containing shouldered double lancets. Above again, central cusped head niche with crocketted pinnacles containing seated female figure, and above again, 3 light roundel. Shrine chapel, mid C14, single storey, one bay, has chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses, moulded string course, 2 gargoyles and quatrefoil pierced moulded gabled parapet. On each side, single moulded ogee headed doorway (that to east restored) double canopied niches, and above again, cusped headed blank panels. South front has central ogee headed triple lancet with curvilinear tracery and hood mould, and above, 3 relief panels, the central panel with figures. North front has central double chamfered and rebated entry with clustered filleted shaft responds and octagonal bases, flanked by single gabled buttresses, and beyond, similar corner buttresses. To left, restored external stair. To right, single ogee headed lancet. Above, central segmental headed C15 mullioned and transomed window with shouldered heads; to left, pointed arched chamfered doorway, and beyond, small chamfered window; to right, single shouldered light. Above again, single chamfered opening in gable. Passageway, 2 bays, has ceiling with moulded joists and span beams and carved corbels carrying moulded arch braces with turned feet to span beams and wall plates. Inner gateway has double chamfered and rebated archway with chamfered responds flanked to right by smaller doorway. Northern bay has a chamfered and rebated ogee headed door on each side. Central first floor hall has to east, central fireplace with massive moulded lintel and hood, flanked by single pointed arched doorway. Roof has 6 span beams, one with fillet and moulding, and C20 ceiling. West side has 2 similar doorways. Shrine chapel has to north, cusped ogee headed doorway with reeded impost to left and elaborate crocketted gable. To its right, niche with crocketted spired canopy containing C20 figures; to its right, another reeded respond. Lierne vault with carved bosses and 2 mask corbels. Museum, above, contains C14 ogee headed piscina.

Priory Cross

Market cross. C13, re-sited 1896 and restored C20. Ashlar. Octagonal base of 5 steps carrying square plinth and tapered octagonal shaft.