Description:

(2). PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY, stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are of local sandstone rubble with dressings of the same material but without dressed quoins; the roofs are covered with stone slabs. The building, which consists of a Chancel, Nave, and South Porch, has little evidence of date, the earliest existing detail being of late I4th or early 15th-century date. The church has been extensively restored.

Architectural Description—The Chancel (17 ¾ ft. by 15 ½ ft.) has a late 14th or early 15th-century E. window of two cinquefoiled ogee lights in a square head. In the S. wall is a 15th-century window of one trefoiled light in a square head. The chancel-arch is modern.

The Nave (26 ½ ft. by 20 ft.) has one window in the N. wall and two in the S. wall, all modern; the early 16th-century S. doorway has moulded jambs and flat four-centred head. In the W. wall is a modern window and on the gable is a modern bell-cote.

The South Porch has an outer archway, perhaps of early 16th-century date; it has chamfered jambs and two-centred head.

The Roof of the chancel is ceiled on the soffit but has two trusses with braced collar-beams. The roof of the nave has early 16th-century moulded and embattled wall-plates. The roof of the S. porch is ceiled but has early 16th-century moulded wall-plates.

Fittings—Chest:    In   nave—small,   of hutch-type, with two locks, possibly 17th or early 18th-century. Communion Table:  small modern credence-table incorporating turned legs and rails of a 17th-century communion-table.    Cross: (Plate 33) In churchyard—S. of church, churchyard-cross with octagonal shaft, moulded base octagonal to square, with shaped stops, standing on three steps, 15th or early 16th-century, head missing. Font:  round bowl with chamfered under-edge, plain stem and chamfered base, perhaps 13th-century. Glass:   In chancel—in S.  window,  shield with the quartered arms of Cecil, with   part of a scrolled cartouche, early 17th-century.  Monument and Floor-slabs. Monument: In churchyard—to Elizabeth Prichard, late 17th-century, flat slab. Floor-slabs: In nave—(1) to A.W., 1686 ; (2) to W.W., . . . 6 ; (3) to Alce Cristof, 1678-9, with ornamental cross and border. Panelling: In chancel—incorporated in chair, piece of traceried panelling, 15th or early 16th-century, and a piece with 17th-century enriched arcading. In chest, in chancel—two 17th-century ornamental panels. Scratching : On E. jamb of S. doorway—small scratched cross. Stoup: In S. porch—recess with trefoiled ogee head and broken bowl, remains of red paint, probably 14th-century. Miscellanea: In S. porch— carved foliated capital, 13th-century, reset in wall.

Condition—Fairly good.

Observations:

Description documented c 1930 by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments

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