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St Mary

St Mary

Ovingham

Northumberland

South doorway late C12.

Architectural Features

The rest of the church mainly C13, restored 1857.

Windows to 2-bay nave and to transept aisle are paired Victorian lancets but transepts and chancel have very long C13 lancets with buttresses between.

One south capital partly carved with foliage in C14.

Other capitals plainly moulded, those on north side later, probably early C14.

Pevsner says that the font is 13th C.

Round C13 font on 4 colonettes.

Pevsner says that the font is 13th C.

© Mike Quinn

Finely-carved C18 black marble monument on sanctuary floor.

Late Victorian pulpit, screen, lectern and choir stalls.

Monument to Thomas Bewick in south porch.

Monuments attached to wall outside.

9 medieval grave covers leaning against nave south wall.