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Melbourn

Cambridgeshire

C13 chancel, nave and part of West Tower.

Architectural Features

Much altered in C15 when West tower was almost completely rebuilt, clerestorey added and chancel roof raised.

West tower mostly C15 although the tower arch is C13.

Nave: Of similar flint and pebble stone, embattled C15 clerestorey.

South chapel, early C14, with restored fenestration.

South wall of chancel has C13 lancet

C14 window with decorated tracery.

Interior: C13 West tower arch reused when West tower rebuilt in C15.

It originally contained a monument to William Ayloffe d. 1691, erected by Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

The chancel arch was raised in the C15 when the chancel roof was raised.

The screen which incorporates some original work was given by Thomas Hitch c.1508.

The chancel roof is of c.1487 and this is also the date of the nave clerestorey.

The piscina is C13.

The wall monument to Dame Mary Hatton, wife of Sir John Hatton is of black and white marble and is on the South wall of the chancel.

The font, probably C12 origin is octagonal and has C12 intersecting arcading carved to one of the faces and recessed trefoils to the others.