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St Mary

St Mary

Marshchapel

Lincolnshire

Early C15, 1848 chancel rebuilt.

Architectural Features

The aisles and nave are in squared coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, with embattled parapets, corner pinnacles and gargoyles.

The gabled south porch has corner pinnacles and cross fleury, gargoyles and corner buttresses.

An ogee hood has human head stops and a decorated niche with angel corbel.

The C15 4 bay nave arcades have hollow chamfered octagonal piers on deeply moulded bases, brattished capitals and double chamfered 4 centred arches.

The south aisle roof has C15 bosses to the C19 roof and the C19 chancel roof has angel corbels.

C15 oak chancel screen with central doorway flanked by 2 pairs of lights, cusped ogee heads and pointed outer arches, panel tracery and clustered shafts, C19 brattished top.

All pews and pulpit are C19.

Perpendicular 15th century plain octagonal font in St.Mary's church

C15 plain octagonal font with C19 suspended cover.

Perpendicular 15th century plain octagonal font in St.Mary's church

© Richard Croft

Monuments.

On the south wall of the chancel a small alabaster wall plaque to Walter Harpham and his wife, d. 1607.

2 opposed kneeling figures under arcades, pedimented surround with memento mori and cherubs head.

Escutcheon and hour glass over.

Beneath is a panel with scrolled rectangular surround bearing a memorial inscription.