St Mary

This was succeeded by a Norman Church which gave place to the present flint and stone dressed church which is of the C14 to C17.

It also has 2 Tudor lead rainwater heads ornamented with roses and leopards heads.

The nave has an arch-braced tie-beam roof with carved spandrels, springing from niched wall posts with figures.

The north and south aisles are C15, with C17 pendants and ornamentation to the roof of the north aisle.

The chancel was extensively repaired in the C17.

In the south aisle there is a C14 octagonal font with a traceried shaft and Evangelist emblems on the bowl (defaced during Cromwellian time).

TL8046 : Cavendish: St Mary the Virgin Church: The font

© Michael Garlick