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St Clement

St Clement

Horsley

Derbyshire

Early C14, mid C15 with restoration 1858-60.

Architectural Features

South elevation of the tower has a small pointed chamfered doorcase under hoodmould with carved head label stops.

North elevation is blank to ground floor and has openings similar to those on west side above spire has moulded cornice to base with corner gargoyles and four gableted lucarnes to four sides on two levels, those below two-light and those above single light.

North aisle has low clasping corner buttresses and four C15 flat headed windows with cusped ogee headed lights and pierced spandrels, each set in deeply chamfered surround with hoodmould over.

East end of aisle has two gargoyles.

South porch is C15 and has pointed doorcase with moulded jambs flanked by diagonal buttresses.

Inner door is early C14 and has elaborate moulding with attached shafts and hoodmould over.

On north side of chancel to east is a small pointed C19 doorcase with similar C15 door opposite and beyond that to east is a triple C15 sedilla with cusped ogee headed niches, and shields to either side above.

Nave has blocked pointed northern doorcase with carved C13 head over and also a Caernarvon arched doorcase at clerestory level, from the tower.

Roofs all C19 in C16 style.

Carved oak reredos installed 1928 and choir stalls in similar style installed 1935.

Pulpit and nave pews all c.1860.

The font is C15 with octagonal bowl decorated with fleurons, stem probably restored in C19.

Several wall memorials, mostly in black slate and white marble, including slightly grander one to William Brooks and wife with weeping classical figure over, of c.1834 in the chancel.

The vestry has one good memorial to Hudson family of c.1870 and three other late C18 and early C19 ones.

North aisle has three more black and white ones as well as an elaborate Gothick memorial by S Robinson of Derby to the Hunter family of c.1870 and a nice classical alabaster and slate one of c.1767 to the Fletcher family.

Various stained glass windows, that to chancel east window of 1863, that to east of north aisle of c.1860 and that to east of south aisle of c.1890.

Also two central windows of north aisle have stained glass by R A Bell of 1933 and one of south aisle windows has fragments of C14 glass.