Architectural Features
Tower with embattled parapet of pink brick, string course with gargoyles
west doorway renewed with C19 mouldings and figure stops
Mural monument of 1812 on east wall to Elizabeth Fysh by Eldridge of Lynn, fluted columns supporting open pediment having relief cherub within.
arch braced roof supported on C19 foliage corbels, much of roof renewed, C19 bosses, some medieval braces, moulded purlins and principal rafters.
C13 string course of deeply cut foliage bosses to left and right of western-south windows, C13 double piscina with deeply cut holly foliage mouldings, spandrel between with lily
C13 rear arch of east window with narrow moulding.
C19 octagonal font.
The church of St Mary > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1742635 stands on an elevation about 36 metres high (which is high in this flat fenland area), beside the busy A47 road > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1742628 that winds its way through the village of Middleton. The church as we see it now was built during the 13th century from local carstone, with the corners of the building and the door and window frames reinforced by freestone quoins. This is a fairly large church with a clerestory and a north and south aisle. The church was extensively restored in the 19th century and furnishings > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1742651 as well as baptismal font date from this time. The organ case > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1742654 is richly decorated and painted with angels, and some of the original rood screen panels depicting apostles (heavily restored in 2008) can be found right beside it. A stained glass window in the north aisle > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1742650 was made in the medieval style and there is a counterpart in the south aisle > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1742646 - both these windows were made by J Powell & Sons.
C16 alms box from poppy head bench end with wrought iron straps and hinges against south pier of tower.