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St Mary

Old Dilton

Wiltshire

C14, C15 and C17 with C18 interior

Architectural Features

C14 gabled porch has moulded pointed doorway with hoodmould and cusped spandrels

C17 tablet with scrolled carving on east wall

Chancel has moulded pointed priest's door to south side with C14 two-light square-headed window with ogee-headed lights and hoodmould to left and 3-light square-headed to right, east end has 3-light Tudor-arched window with pointed lights and hoodmould, diagonal buttresses

C17 north vestry and gallery has hollow-chamfered east doorway to gallery with single-light hollow- chamfered window over, north side has 3-light mullioned windows with segmental cusped lights, to ground floor and gallery

C15 four-bay north arcade with moulded pointed arches with panelled soffits, chamfered square piers, 8-bay tie- beam roof, formerly plastered

C17 vestry off north side of chancel with C19 fireplace and fitted cupboards, family gallery over with external access up stairs, panelled gallery front, 3-bay tie-beam roof

Fine C18 fittings include west gallery with panelled front, octagonal pulpit with tester, up steps, in centre of south side, box pews of different dates incorporating late Medieval pews, particularly to west end where several unaltered Medieval pews survive

Recut C15 octagonal stone font at west end

Royal Arms of George III over chancel

Lords Prayer painted on north wall of aisle, some fragments of wall painting on south wall

Photo coming soon