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St Mary

Stapleford

Wiltshire

C12, C13, C14, C16, C17, 1861 restoration by William Slater

Architectural Features

Gabled C16 porch, formerly two-storey, with moulded Tudor-arched doorway with square hoodmould, diagonal buttresses, two-light cusped mullioned window with hoodmould over, coped verge with cross finial, cusped windows to sides

South aisle has C14 two-light ogee window to either side of porch, plain parapet with saddleback coping to lean-to roof

South chapel has good three-light C14 window with reticulated tracery and pointed hoodmould

low-pitched roof with coping and gargoyles

Nave clerestory has three C16 two-light cusped windows, moulded stone eaves cornice with rosettes

North aisle has two-light C16 window with hoodmould to east

nave clerestory has two two-light C16 windows

C14 two-light pointed window to first stage

offset string course to bell stage with ogee lancet and C17 round-arched louvred windows

West end of nave has C12 clasping buttress to north, C19 Decorated-style window, south aisle has cusped lancet to west

upper floor removed, fine C12 roll-moulded doorway with zig-zag and nailhead ornament, attached shafts, left has scalloped capital, C19 planked door

Fine four-bay C12 south arcade with cylindrical piers with enriched multi-scalloped capitals and square abaci, round arches with nailhead or pellet ornament and red painted decoration to soffits

Triple chamfered tower arch with carved head abaci, C19 Perpendicular-style screen

South chapel, probably C14, has ogee cusped piscina and ogee niche over stone coffin against south wall

Fine C14 three-seat sedilia and piscina with cusped ogee arches and carved finials on south wall

C12 scalloped cylindrical font in south aisle

C19 marble pulpit

Good east window stained glass by James Bell

tower glass by Clayton and Bell

chancel glass by Lavers Barraud and J.S. Beckham

Photo coming soon