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St Mary

Castle Eaton

Wiltshire

Parish Church of St Mary 26.01.55 I Mostly C13 and Butterfield. (Restoration 1861-3, principally to roof). Rubble with stone tile roof

Architectural Features

Four-bay nave with gabled C15 south porch

Three-bay late C13 chancel

Nave has an early C14 window and two restored geometric-type windows

south door late Norman with two slightly carved caps to nook shafts, chevron and roll label with pellets and dragon head stops

Tower C15 with high stepped and twice moulded plinth and diagonal outer buttresses

North side has catslide roof and plain Norman arched north door

Inside porch is a large effigy slab of a knight - probably mid C14 for brass

INTERIOR: north arcade removed and replaced by timber posts, wall painting of Virgin on east chamfered respond

Good Jacobean pulpit incorporating part of a C15 screen

Numerous C18 and C19 tombstones in graveyard to south, several with carved angel heads, two chest tombs of early C19 and one moulded unscrolled top of a bale tomb (to south of the church).

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