Passenham
Northamptonshire
C13, top stage of tower rebuilt, nave re-roofed and repaired 1621 following collapse of spire, chancel rebuilt 1626, further repairs and alterations 1775, restored C19 and C20
3 niches above with later (C14) chamfered cinqfoiled ogee heads and hood moulds
3-bay wagon roof to chancel with carved pendant bosses
Nave has 4-bay arch-braced tie beam roof supported by wall-posts on carved head corbels, except for middle corbel south side which is larger and inscribed SRB/l621
Decorative carving to wall-plate and cusping to principals
Stalls in chancel dated 1628 with ogee-arched panels to west side of stalls within chancel arch, possibly part of former rood screen, and to stall fronts with strapwork frieze to south side, frieze to north side with sea-horses, Banastre arms and shield inscribed B/RM/1628
Stalls have misericords with, from north-east, a mask, arms upheld by angels, an ox, male head with asses ears, a goat, head, winged cherub's head, a lion, a cat's head, the Lamb, a female head and a griffin
Shallow scalloped round-arched niches behind stalls formerly filled by effigies of Apostles and St
West gallery composed of Sir Robert Banastre's former chancel screen with fluted Ionic pillars on high bases and frieze carved with cartouches of arms
Hanoverian Royal arms to central panel, painted on cast metal
Wall-paintings in chancel above stalls, part of original scheme, restored 1962-6. Large figures of prophets to north wall, Evangelists to south wall, Nicodemus to one side of east window, Joseph of Arimathea to other side, all in shell-arched niches divided by pilasters
Pulpit with back panel and tester probably made up from Jacobean pieces c.1800
C17/C18 stain glass figures to north nave and chancel windows probably continental, canopies of c.1350
Marble wall monument to Reverend Richard Forester, d.1769 with curly bracket and cartouche with inscription topped by coat of arms
2 early C19 wall monuments to later rectors. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire: 1973, pp369-70