St Mary The Virgin

PLAN: the building has a 5-bay nave, with tower to the W, and chancel to the E. The predominantly C15 south aisle has a chantry (now memorial chapel) to the E and a porch to the S. To the N of the nave is a c1868 aisle, and a vestry of similar date to the N of the chancel.

The W end of the aisle contains some Saxon fabric, as evidenced by the remains of a small blocked window high on the W gable end.

At the E end of the aisle the stone plinth of the last bay, and diagonal corner buttress, marks the chantry, added in the C15.

The two-light N and S windows follow a similar pattern, and all three windows have fine carved head corbels.

the C15 roof of the S aisle has octagonal molded crown posts with four up-braces, resting on molded tie-beams.

Just to the E of the doorway is a water stoup, and further to the E, by the entrance to what is now the memorial chapel, is a piscina.

The liturgical furniture and pews are generally C19, with that in the memorial chapel being mid C20 and including a Roll of Honour on the panelling to either side of the reredos.

There are various memorials within the church, the most elaborate being the Warton memorial on the N side of the chapel.

The church is floored predominantly with C19 encaustic tiles.

STAINED GLASS The N and S chancel windows contain C14 glass, that to the N being particularly complete, depicting saints standing under tabernacles.

The S window largely dates from 1868, but is thought to include glass from the original E window, which recorded Edward III's granting of a licence to Abbot John of St. Augustine's Abbey in 1349.

The three-light E window over the chapel alter contains some C15 glass.

All the medieval glass was reset in 1868 by Clayton and Bell, who designed the E window, which features scenes from the Passion.