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Saint Denys

Little Barford

Bedfordshire

Norman, C14, C15 and C19

Architectural Features

Brown cobbles with ashlar dressings, C20 tile and some slate roofs

Chancel: Norman, early C14, reworked 1869

3 lancets to E, 2 C14 style N windows

Early C14 chancel arch

C14 2-bay S arcade

C14 S chapel demolished 1834, replaced 1869 by vestry and organ chamber

Nave: Norman and C14, reworked 1834 and 1871

3 S windows, one C16 set at higher level, others C19 in C12 and C14 style

Late C12 S doorway, square head under semi-circular arch with zigzag and dogtooth designs and scalloped capitals

C15 clerestory, 2 windows each side

N aisle: early C14 reworked C19

Reset C12 windows to W and E, E much altered

Late C15 3-stage

Interior: late C13 octagonal font has beaded angles, 5 columns and traces of red paint

1535 brass in nave floor

C15 projecting piscina, reset in vestry, has arched opening to W and head imitating ribbed vault

C15 screen, also removed to vestry, repainted from indications of old colour

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