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Parish Church (dedication Unknown)

Liston

Essex

Early C12 Nave.

Architectural Features

Circa 1230 the Chancel wall probably widened to the same width as the Nave.

Chancel Arch may have been removed then or C15.

Flint rubble walls stone dressed excepting West Tower which is a good example of C16 brickwork.

Excellent panelled Chancel roof of 6 cants with moulded beams and carved figures on the principals.

Moulded wall plates with carved cresting.

Nave North wall C15 window of 3 trefoiled ogee lights with tracery over in a two-centred head.

Further west the C12 North Doorway (blocked).

South Wall has a C15 restored 3 light window similar to that in N wall.

C12 South Doorway with C16 4 centred arch and C12 jambs.

The Door C16 of studded boards with moulded strips and good strap hinges.

The C16 door of studded battens with hollow chamfered strips and good strap hinges.

Font C15.

Traceried panels, carved square bosses to octagonal bowl.

In Nave fragments in tracery of North window C15 also C19 glass.

Piscina In Chancel C14 with modern basin, moulded jambs and trefoiled head.

C15, hollow chamfered jambs and cinquefoiled head with carved spandrels.

C15 Seat in Chancel made up with 2 standards with carved poppies, moulded rail and cusped panelling to back.

Stool C17 stool with turned legs and carved strap-work rails.

Monument on south wall AD1730 Poley Clopton MD.