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St Stephen

St Stephen

Kirkby Stephen

Cumbria

Early C16 3 storey west tower has west doorway with continuous chamfered jambs and pointed head in square frame incorporating coats of arms

Architectural Features

West wall to north aisle formed part of earlier, C12, building

North transept arm C13 with 2 partly original lancets

a C14 3-light window.

South aisle has four C15 windows with C19 tracery.

South porch rebuilt 1871 but south door is early C15 with 2 continuous chamfered orders to jambs and pointed head

Both C13 nave arcades of drum piers on plinths survive (eastern bay narrower than rest) with moulded capitals carrying pointed arches of 2 chamfered orders

Chancel incorporates C13 trefoil-headed piscina (with restored foliate decoration to bracket) and 3 seat C13 sedilia with gabled trefoiled heads.

North chapel has late C16 altar tomb with effigies of 1st Lord Wharton and his 2 wives

South chapel has early C15 altar tomb with effigy of Knight

C15 altar tomb to Sir Richard Musgrave in recess with foliate gable to south wall.

Ornate pulpit constructed from various coloured marbles, c1871

Loose fragments from earlier buildings on the site (displayed at west end of nave) include late C12 foliate and historiated capitals, fragments of Anglo-Danish crosses, and remains of a hogback gravestone.