Crowland Abbey

Fragmentary west front of south aisle of c.1165.

the shaft to the left was originally one of two which flanked a C12 buttress now embedded in a large C15 buttress.

Billeted string course above with another blind arcade above that, with 5 pointed, roll moulded heads with weathered carved capitals.

West front of main vessel of nave of c.1260 flanked by large mid C15 multi-stage buttresses with 3 tiers of blind panelled tracery and crowned with tall, rectangular pinnacles with small, ornate flyers.

C12 nook shafts with shaft rings embedded in north-east corner of south buttress, and south-east corner of north buttress.

C13 west front proper with moulded plinth and large central pointed doorway with richly moulded head with fillets, hood mould and head label stops.

Small empty niche to right with small fragmentary figure to the left of it.

To the left of the doorway is a small fragmentary figure.

Under left arch is the fragmentary figure of Synagogua standing on a pedestal decorated with stylised tree and a figure.

Right arch contains pedestal carved with an angel.

Each contains 2 tiers of paired niches with standing figures of saints on tall polygonal billeted pedestals, under semi-circular canopies with crocketed gablets and grotesque head and foliate label stops.

2 of the niches to the right are destroyed and are thus minus their figures.

North west tower to north flanked by large C15 blind traceried buttresses, that to right with ornate niche, and which are joined by a wall from which projects a 2 storey mid C15 rectangular porch which is said to encase a portion of the C12 west front of the north aisle, of a similar design to that of the south aisle.

Illegible C18 monument on south side.

Richly moulded C15 west doorway with shallow pointed head, hood mould, slender outer jambs, C18 block capitals and double panel doors.

North side with line of 3 projecting late C14 north chapels, somewhat remodelled in mid C15, restored 1743 and 1860, with plinth, sill band and regularly placed 2 stage buttresses of 1743 built with stone from the dismantled south aisle.

North side of aisle proper of early C15, with 3 pointed windows each with 4 cusped, ogee headed lights, panel tracery and hood moulds.

East end enclosing original north aisle after demolition of transept in C16, restored C18 and C19, with pointed C19 east window with 4 cusped ogee headed lights, panel tracery, hood mould and label stops.

To left, fragmentary C15 archway with richly moulded head and blind panelling on soffit.

Large west triple responds of crossing tower of c.1165 with beaded, scalloped capitals and chevroned, semi-circular arch.

Beneath is a late C14 pulpitum, (according to Stukely it was originally at the east end of the church and placed in this position at Dissolution).

Interior of main vessel of nave with fragmentary blocked arcade and triforium of nave of c.1160, with roll moulded heads and flat, radially placed leaf motifs.

Six and a half bays of the north arcade of C.1430, now blocked, with pointed heads, continuously moulded piers, wall shafts rising up to base of clerestory where fragmentary remains of clerestorey passage visible.

Stumps of fourth and sixth piers from west, with fragmentary eastern respond revealing C12 masonry.

Tomb stone of c.1422 set in north arch with floreated cross and inscription: 'Peter (offer) prayers for me, Peter Pious shepherd (pray) for me.

Tall pointed mid C15 eastern tower arch with blind panelling in soffit.

Mid C12 drum font with roll mouldings embedded in C15 south jamb with shallow pointed, cusped head above and inner lierne vault on underside, flanked by blind panels.

Similar respond piers to the north with 3 late C14 chapels in the westernmost bays, remodelled in the C15.

Traceried chancel screen, formerly parclose screen to Lady Chapel in north transept, early C15, heavily restored in C19.

C19 reredos, choir stalls, lectern, chairs, etc. C15 octagonal font with blind traceried panelling.

Monuments include: one Gothic ashlar one, to William Wyche, died 1807

a black and white marble monument with cherub, to Zachariah Forargue, died 1778.

Stone monument with gold paint, to Martha Forargue, died 1792.

Another gilded stone monument with foliate decoration, to Ann Crawford, died 1731.

Gravestone to Master Mason William of Warrington, mid C14, with figure of mason inscribed, holding dividers and set square, and inscription running round edge.

White marble monument to William Hill, died 1792.

Small Anglo- Saxon stone inscribed with geometric decoration.

Another fragment with Anglo-Saxon fish-scale decoration.

Stone monument to Thomas Robartts, died 1700.

Grey marble monument with open pediment and foliate apron, to Abraham Egarr, died 1744.

Ornate stone monument with cherub, to Elizabeth Hurry, died 1783, and another, with segmental open pediment to Elizabeth Hurry, died 1742.

Stone monument with 2 cherubs and shell shaped apron, to Henry Hurry, died 1745.

Stone monument with urn, to William Cowling, died 1813.

Scheduled as Ancient Monument No. 263.