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St Mary

White Waltham

Berkshire

C12, C13, C14

Architectural Features

Tile roofs

Circular stair turret, projecting on the north west corner, rising just above tower with conical tile roof and broken finial

Nave: North aisle: west end, C13, with a two-light lancet window, restored and a quatrefoil over

Between the second and third windows from the east, is a gabled porch with a doorway having outer jambs with attached shafts, crowned by reset C12 scalloped capitals, much decayed

on the left end is a C19 lancet, and on the west wall a small C13 pointed window

North transept: reset C13 window of chalk has two lancet lights with a circular light over

The window on the right is C14, with two trefoiled lights with a quatrefoil under a pointed head, with moulded labels

The window on the left is C13, with two lancets

South wall: chequered stone and flint with a C19, three-light cusped window with reticulated traceried head and C14 jambs

Carved in this wall are numerous C17 and C18 graffiti in the form of names and initials

there are two sun-dials similarly carved

Chancel: East wall: Three chalk C13 lancet windows with a circular light over the centre one

Interior: part of the C12 church survives in the Norman arch which stands on the south side of the tower

In the south-east corner of the chancel is a C13 double piscina, restored, with a central, marble, detached shaft, with a moulded capital and base

The chancel arch is pointed with two hollow-chamfered orders carried on semi-octagonal responds, with C15 moulded capitals and bases

Monuments: below the south window in the south transept is the remains of a C14 segmental-headed tomb recess

On the north wall under the tower, a marble monument to Constantine Phipps Miles d.1728

A brass set in a marble slab on the floor at the east end of the nave to Margaret, wife of john Hilk, d.1465

On the west wall of the south transept is a carved marble cartouche with an inscription to the memory of William Neile d.1670 which states that he was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a privy councillor to King Charles II.

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