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St Mary

St Mary

Queniborough

Leicestershire

Largely late C13 to early C14, but with parts of the fabric considerably earlier.

Architectural Features

Decorated early C14 tracery to the 3 windows, uncusped 3-light ogees, with stone corbel heads: some tracery renewed.

In the north wall, one Decorated window and one small round arched opening, late Saxon or early Norman, with the arched head cut from a single stone.

Its sill is part of a band which is continuous across the north wall, and which would have linked with the fragment on the east wall, suggesting that the east wall was partially rebuilt when its window was inserted and that the main fabric of the chancel is late Saxon or early Norman.

Nave roof is Perpendicular: moulded tie beams have ornately carved and picturesqe central bosses: beasts etc. Smaller foliate bosses by purlins.

Wide early C14 double chamfered chancel arch.

Plain font, probably C13: a heavy round basin on a round stem.

Stained glass in chancel, the east window of 1918 in the style of Burne Jones, 2 others in the chancel of the 1920's.

Wall memorial tablet below north east arcade respond: 1586, carved inscription and a rampant lion.

Brass memorial to Margaret Bury, d 1633.