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St Alkmund

St Alkmund

Blyborough CP

Lincolnshire

Early C13, mid C13, C15, C18, restored and partly rebuilt in 1877 by James Fowler.

Architectural Features

Slate roof with decorative red ridge tiles and stone coped gables with finials.

Moulded eaves above with 4 large re-used medieval corner gargoyles.

C13 north chapel of chancel restored in C19 with steep pitched roof.

Pointed 2 light window to east with quatrefoil above, hood mould and medieval head label stops.

South side of chancel with C19 rectangular window of 3 ogee headed cusped lights with hood mould to east, and tall C15 rectangular window to west with cusped ogee headed lights.

Interior north aisle with 3 bay arcade of c.1300 with keeled responds, circular piers, stiff leaf capitals of various designs and double chamfered pointed arches.

Large double chamfered mid C13 pointed arch leading from north aisle into north-east chapel with filletted responds, abacii with beading and nail head decoration, and capitals with scored leaf designs.

Freestanding tomb in north chapel restored in C19 with effigy of Robert Conyng, priest, died 1434, with damaged angels at pillowed head and griffin at feet.

C15 octagonal font with foliated base.

Part of Anglo-Saxon funerary slab with interlace decoration.

Ornate marble monument on north wall of nave to John Broadby, died 1794, and his wife, Elizabeth.

Several C19 monuments.

C20 font, pews and pulpit.

C19 brass lectern.