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St Catherine

Litlington

Cambridgeshire

C12 chancel with north and south walls remaining.

Architectural Features

Early C13 tower and chapel added to north of nave with double arcaded entrance.

Early C14 north and south aisles.

Third stage to tower and clerestorey to chancel and windows to south aisle c.1500.

one original lancet, one C14 window with two trefoiled-lights

one late C13 trefoiled light window with one large c.1500 window of three cinque-foiled lights.

Interior: Nave arcades of five bays, two bays of north arcade c.1300 with two-centred arches and with two hollow chamfered orders, moulded label to nave terminates with head stops, (on second pier a woman with triangular head dress).

The three arches to the west and the arcade of the south aisle are early C14 with two-centred arches of two main orders with carved head stops to nave label, and quatrefoil piers with moulded caps and bases.

late C15 or C16 bosses fixed to intersections of modern nave timbers

Font, C15 with square bowl and moulded sides with carved angels at each corner supported on octagonal stem.

C14 piscenae and small cupboard in chancel, and in south aisle.

Pulpit and screen, C15.

Monuments: Wall tablet in north aisle to six members of North family 1790-1828 and oval tablet to Thos Dickason d. 1824.