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All Saints

Swallowfield

Berkshire

C12, altered C13 and C15

Architectural Features

north side: two C19 traceried windows, between them a C12 doorway with jambs of three orders, the inner and middle are slightly chamfered

South side: three windows, the easternmost is late C14 with three ogee trefoiled lights with semi-quatrefoils above in square head and moulded label

The second is C15 with three cinquefoiled lights under a square head and C19 label

To the west of it, high up, is the head of a small C13 lancet window

Between the second and third windows is a late C13 doorway of a single order with three-quarter edge rolls, and with moulded bases and mutilated bell capitals

The arch is round and probably C15

north side: a window of three lights under a traceried head of C15 style

Fittings include an old chest thought to be late C17, with a round lid and bound with plain strap ironwork, near the north door of the nave

The octagonal font is C19

Monuments include: two C15 brasses in the floor of the chancel

the smaller to the north of the altar, with an inscription to Margery, wife of Thomas Letterford, and above a figure of a lady in C15 costume

The larger brass on the south side in a Purbeck marble slab with four shields at its corners, has the figures of a man in C16 armour, and a woman in a long gown, head-dress and veil

In the Russell transept are two large C17 mural monuments of classic design, one to John Backhouse of Swallowfield, who died in 1649, and the other to various members of the same family

There are also later monuments to the Russell family

At the west end of the nave are other C18, and later monuments

Stained glass: a three-light window in the nave by Hardman, and a window in the north transept by Holiday 1884

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