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St Mary

Architectural Features

Cavetto, beek and ogee moulds to the arch and in the spandrels are figures of St George and the dragon.

Gargoyle at left.

The subsidiary bays have angel bosses attached to the ends of the sawn hammer beams.

These nearest the chancel have a pair of German wooden angels of C17 date and the other bays have English Baroque winged cherubs heads.

TM2952 : Ufford: St. Mary of the Assumption Church: The font cover and three hatchments

Font: octagonal stem and bowl raised about 2 steps.

TM2952 : Ufford: St. Mary of the Assumption Church: The font cover and three hatchments

© Michael Garlick

TM2952 : Ufford: St. Mary of the Assumption Church: The font cover and hatchment

Canopy to the font of great richness and complexity consisting of 3 stages, each with canopied niches containing image stools, the niches having painted backs.

TM2952 : Ufford: St. Mary of the Assumption Church: The font cover and hatchment

© Michael Garlick

To the top a carving of a pelican in her piety with outstretched wings.

TM2952 : Ufford: St. Mary of the Assumption Church: The late 15th century bench ends 26

Series of 17 benches to the body of the nave with medieval ends.

TM2952 : Ufford: St. Mary of the Assumption Church: The late 15th century bench ends 26

© Michael Garlick

Dividing the nave and chancel is the lower body of a rood screen divided into pairs of panels by buttresses.

Painted figures of saints to the panels and tracery above.

Three stalls mainly rebuilt in C19. with misericords.

Richly moulded cornice with tracery, fleurons and angels with outspread wings.

The chancel floor has been raised at the eastern end and a medieval piscina to the lower body of the south eastern window has a cusped round-headed arch opening into the choir and a 1/2-arch to the window embrasure.

Fragments of Medieval stained glass to the east window with C19 additions creating images of St Salome and St Anne.

C17 English and German glass to other chancel windows.

Pament tiling to nave and chancel with fragments of medieval brasses now much worn.