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A History of the County of Lancaster
… wall, and has a trefoiled head, but the bowl has gone. The sanctuary is still marked by a late 17th or early … there is a square oak pew in the north-east corner of the sanctuary. The altar table is of oak, and is probably the one … church are modern benches without backs. The floor of the sanctuary is slightly raised round the table and along the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… extends 15 ft. from the east end, but the original sanctuary appears to have occupied only 7 ft., that length of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… be surmised. In the 16th century rebuilding the nave and sanctuary were included under one roof in a rectangular … wall of which is constructed with the stones of the old sanctuary and including the 16th-century three-light …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ft., and about one-third of its length is taken up by the sanctuary, the remaining two-thirds constituting the nave. The sanctuary end, which in reality faces south-west, is much … in the wall gives a very excellent lighting effect. The sanctuary has a richly moulded oak cove and elaborately …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… been displayed in the examination of a recess used as a sanctuary by the priest (and possessor), Father Robert …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Gent. Mag. 1821, ii, 597. 'In the work of excavating the sanctuary a curious confirmation of the fact of the chapel …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the village on rising ground and consists of a nave and sanctuary under one roof, 58 ft. 6 in. long internally by … and dormer windows were inserted in the roof over the sanctuary, one at each side. The building as reconstructed in … wall 4 ft. 6 in. long on each side, forming the original sanctuary, and the west responds, which are square and have …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… surroundings, and consists of a clearstoried nave and sanctuary under one roof, 66 ft. long internally by 18 ft. 6 … wall 7 ft. long at each end, that at the east forming the sanctuary. Plan of Samlesbury Church The walls are built of … the plinths to the aisles and to the ends of the nave and sanctuary clearly shows the different dates of the building. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ceiling and walls is broken and falling to pieces, and the sanctuary has been stripped of its ornamentation, though the … only entrance being by the door on the north side of the sanctuary. The later three-story block is without any …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and has a turret containing a bell on the south side. The sanctuary is at the west end, and there is an eastern gallery …