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St Mary The Virgin

Brookmans Park

Hertfordshire

Mostly C14

Architectural Features

upper parts of W tower mid C15

Machine tile roofs

C14 arched door in 2 orders with foliage capitals and squares

Good monuments

N chancel wall: c.1360 brass of priest, probably Flemish

3 brasses on S wall of C15 and C16

Large standing monument on N side of chancel next to altar to John Lord Somers (d. 1716) by P Scheemakers: marble door at foot leading to vestry, life-size figure of Justice above against a white obelisk

N nave aisle has wall monuments of C18: corner monument to George Jarvis (d. 1716) with demi figure in niche tabernacle

Against N wall of nave aisle is C16 chest tomb with figure on top panel in inlaid lead outline

Nearby 1795 monument to J Hickson by J Bacon

Oak hexagonal C16 pulpit with shallow carved panels.

Photo coming soon