Tyringham with Filgrave

211. TYRINGHAM with FILGRAVE.

(O.S. 6 in. ^(a)v. N.W. ^(b)v. S.W.)

Ecclesiastical

^b (1). Parish Church of St. Peter, stands in Tyringham Park. The walls are of stone rubble; the roofs are tiled. The West Tower is of c. 1200, with a bell-chamber of late 15th-century date; the rest of the church was re-built in 1871.

Among the fittings the military brass of late 15th-century date is noteworthy.

Architectural Description—The West Tower (11½ ft. by 12½ ft.) is of four stages, with an embattled parapet, and diagonal W. buttresses carried up almost to the top stage. The semi-circular tower arch is of c. 1200, of two square orders on the E. side and of one order on the W. side, with hollow-chamfered imposts, partly modern: above the arch is visible the outline of a round-headed window, possibly also of c. 1200, but covered with plaster. In the N. wall is a blocked window, of uncertain date, with splayed internal jambs and a wood lintel. The W. window is of two flattened three-centred lights under a square head, with a moulded horizontal label, all probably of the 17th century. The third stage has, in the S. wall, a lancet window, and in the W. wall the semi-circular head of a former window, now blocked. The bell-chamber has, in each wall, a late 15th-century window of two lights under a three-centred head; the lights are divided by a transom and have four-centred heads above and below it; the moulded labels have plain stops, except the label of the W. window which has shield-stops; the N. shield is charged with an engrailed saltire for Tyringham, and the S. shield with a bend between six crosslets fitchy for Howard: under the string-course below the W. window is a third shield with Tyringham impaling Howard.

Fittings—Bells: five, 1st and 3rd by James Keene, 1629. Brasses: In S. transept—on E. wall, re-set, (1) of knight in plate armour wearing a vizored salade and a tabard with the arms of Tyringham; (2) under (1), probably belonging to it, to John Teryngham and his two wives, Elizabeth, sister of Sir William Catesby and [Elizabeth], daughter of Edmund Brudenell, Latin inscription in black-letter; (3) shield of the Tyringham arms, late 15th-century; (4) shield with two lions passant (in border engrailed?); (5) of lady, early 16th-century; (6) under (5) probably belonging to it, to Mary, wife of Anthony Catesby and daughter of John Tyryngham, 1508, inscription only; (7) over (5) small inscribed scroll; (8) to Thomas Tyringham, 1596, and Parnell his wife, daughter of John Goodwin, 1595, inscription only. Plate: includes cup of 1570. Miscellanea: In S. transept, lying loose—vizor of helmet, probably 15th-century, dug up in churchyard.

Condition—Good.

Secular

Filgrave, main road, S.E. side

^a (2). House, now two tenements, 1¼ miles N.E. of the church, is of two storeys and an attic; the walls are of stone; the roofs are tiled. It was built early in the 17th century on a rectangular plan, facing N.W.; a wing was added at the back, making the plan T-shaped, probably at the end of the same century. The N.W. front is ashlar-faced; the S. half of the central chimney stack is of 17th-century brick, the N. half is modern.

Interior:—On the ground floor the S.W. room has a chamfered ceiling-beam, with moulded stops, and a large open fireplace; the N.E. room has a rough open timber ceiling.

Condition—Fairly good.

S. side

^a(3). Cottage, about ¼ mile E.S.E. of (2), is of two storeys, built of stone rubble, probably late in the 16th century; the roof is thatched. In the E. and W. walls the windows have old oak lintels, and in the middle of the W. wall is a doorway, now blocked. The ends are gabled and the central chimney stack is of thin bricks. Interior:—The ceilings have heavy chamfered beams.

Condition—Good.