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St Mary Magdalene

Ickleton

Cambridgeshire

Late C11 nave and arcades, clerestorey, north aisle and lower part of tower.

Architectural Features

Late C13 or early C14 inserted arches to north and south of central tower and transepts.

Tower heightened c.1340.

C14 south porch and upper clerestorey with new nave roof.

South porch, rebuilt with vaulted roof late C14.

Chancel rebuilt mid C15, north chapel and vestry added.

chancel rebuilt retaining C15 details in 1882-5.

A fire in the south transept in 1979 destroyed the roof but cleaning revealed C12 wall paintings in the nave.

Some reused Roman bricks and flue tile, monolithic columns to nave arcade possibly from earlier church.

carved head cockets below eaves cornice.

South transept or chapel with low-pitched gable roof and C14 window of four cinquefoil-ogee-lights in two-centred arch.

South aisle with two three-light and one two-light C14 windows with cinquefoil lights in two-centred arches.

C14 south doorway with two-centre arch and two wave-moulded orders, west window of two cinquefoil-lights in two-centred arch.

South porch C14 vaulted in late C14 with carved bosses at apices of hollow-chamfered ridges.

to east and west C13 two-centred, of three chamfered orders springing from C11 responds each with two attached semi circular shafts with cushion capitals and ovolo-moulded bases.

Arch of south aisle and transept C14, stilted two-centred with moulded responds caps and bases.

restored C14 scissor-braced tussed-rafter nave roof with later tie beams

Piscina in chancel C15 with moulded jambs, and cinquefoiled head.

Niche C14 in south transept with moulded jambs and cinquefoiled head and moulded label with finial and carved head stops.

Font, possibly C14, octagonal bowl with hollow-chamfered soffit, octagonal stem and chamfered base.

Tomb recess in south aisle C14.

Screen, C15 of three bays.

Monuments: in nave, to Mary wife of John Hanchett 1796, Henry Hanchett 1795

south aisle to John Hanchett 1644 white marble tablet with urn and drapery above a shield

Royal Arms on painted canvas with moulded wooden frame in north aisle.

Wall paintings mid C12 true frescoes, arranged in two tiers above with arcade, four passion scenes and three martyrdoms of St Peter, St Andrew and St Laurence

C14 Doom painting over chancel arch with Christ and the Virgin.

C14 in south aisle windows and other fragments.

Medieval tiles reset in chancel.