Holy Cross, Slapton
Holy Cross, Slapton
Holy Cross on Church Road, Slapton, is a Grade II* parish church of late-thirteenth- to early-fourteenth-century origin, in the Diocese of Oxford.
- Location
- Slapton, Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- City / town
- Slapton
- Address
- Church Road, Slapton, Buckinghamshire, LU7 9BX
- Postcode
- LU7 9BX
- Built
- Late 13th–early 14th century; much altered late 15th century; chancel mostly rebuilt early 19th century; other 19th-century restorations
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Holy Cross
- Diocese
- Oxford
- Parish
- Slapton
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Medieval parish church; Decorated chancel windows (C19)
- Materials
- Dressed chalky stone and flint (tower); rendered nave and aisles; chequer brick chancel with ironstone plinth; lead roofs, tiled chancel
- Grid reference
- SP 937 206
- Opening hours
- The church is open every Sunday for services. Visits outside these times are welcomed but as the church is kept locked, the key has to be obtained from the church warden whose phone no is on display at the lych gate and porch. The church warden lives close by so this is simple.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England records a church originally of the late thirteenth to early fourteenth century, much altered in the late fifteenth century, with the chancel mostly rebuilt in the early nineteenth century and other nineteenth-century restorations. The fifteenth-century west tower is dressed chalky stone with some flint, two stages, battlemented parapet and diagonal buttresses. Nave and aisles are rendered; the chancel is chequer brick on an ironstone plinth. Roofs are lead except the tiled chancel. The late-thirteenth-century chancel arch is double-chamfered on semi-octagonal piers. Fittings include a probably thirteenth-century circular font and brasses to Reginald Manser (1462), Thomas Knyghton (1522) and James Tornay (1519). Listed Grade II* on 18 October 1966 (NHLE 1117831).