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St Mary The Virgin

Little Houghton

Northamptonshire

C13-C15, altered late C18/early C19

Architectural Features

Coursed ironstone rubble and coursed squared ironstone with ironstone and limestone dressings, plain-tile and lead roofs

C13 former bell-chamber stage has 5 blank arches to each side with round shafts and blocked chamfered lancet windows flanking central blank arch

C15 top stage has 2-light bell-chamber openings with Decorated tracery and hood moulds

Font has circular bowl with flat attached shafts carrying rough single-scallop capitals, supported by four octagonal colonnettes round central bar stop-chamfered support

C19 stain-glass windows to chancel

Monuments: wall monument of coloured marbles to William Ward, d.1737, his wife Bridget, d.1735 and their 7 children erected 1775 by their two surviving daughters Mary and Dorothy by William Cox of Northampton with apron, obelisk background, cartouche of arms and lamp finials.

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