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St Mary The Virgin

Melchbourne

Bedfordshire

Predominantly C14

Architectural Features

Chancel, remodelled mid C14, retains C13 door in south wall

C14 piscina and double sedilia to south wall, Easter sepulchre to north wall

Vestry probably C14

C14 chancel arch

Nave has C13 blocked doorway and C19 organ chamber to north wall

C15 clerestory

Roof retains some C15 timbers with roughly carved human heads and shields

C14 tomb recess with effigy to north wall

4-bay south arcade, projecting corbels resting on grotesque figures

Later C13 south aisle, widened C14, with remains of C13 east lancet

C14 piscina and tomb canopy with crocketed gable and pinnacles to South wall

Fragmentary wall paintings, St James on east wall cut by 1792 memorial, St Christopher and masonry pattern on south wall

C15 octagonal font with crocketed conical wooden cover

Pulpit and some pews c.1500

C15 south porch

3-stage mid C14 west tower with band of carved foliage, animals and grotesque heads under spire eaves.

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