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St Mary

St Mary

Chadwell

Leicestershire

SCALFORD CHADWELL SK 782 Church of St Mary 25/370 1.1.68 II* Parish church.

Architectural Features

C12

C13.

Repaired C17.

that to left with carved head to top of arch.

Paired lancet to S with hood mould and carved head to spandrel.

C13 S doorway with chamfer and C19 hood mould and label stops.

N arcade is Norman and blocked.

C13 S arcade has octagonal piers with moulded bases and capitals with nailhead ornament, polygonal responds and double-chamfered arches.

In the Leicestershire Buildings of England Nikolaus Pevsner described the font as "Norman, circular, of tub shape, with intersected, beaded arches in a strip on the lower part of the bowl; the arches have gone wrong in one place in size and positioning."

Norman font has circular, tub-shaped bowl with intersecting, beaded, round- headed arches to liner part of bail, rather crudely executed.

In the Leicestershire Buildings of England Nikolaus Pevsner described the font as "Norman, circular, of tub shape, with intersected, beaded arches in a strip on the lower part of the bowl; the arches have gone wrong in one place in size and positioning."

© John Sutton