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St Mary and All Saints

St Mary And All Saints

Swarby

Lincolnshire

C13, C14, C15, restored 1886-7, south aisle of 1886.

Architectural Features

3 stage C15 west tower with chamfered plinth and string courses, stepped set back buttresses and embattled parapet with angle pinnacles.

The north aisle has a pair of C14 reticulated 3 light windows in rectangular surrounds and a blocked doorway with a plain ashlar surround.

To the south are 3 two light windows with C14 shafted reveals but now with cusped C19 tracery and cambered arched heads.

The south door has C14 reveals with paired shafts and fleurons but the head and hood are C19 work.

Interior: 3 bay C13 north nave arcade with octagonal piers, moulded capitals and double chamfered arches.

C14 south arcade of 3 bays with hollow chamfered quatrefoil piers and floriate capitals to the labels.

C13 tower arch with double chamfered reveals, facetted capitals and pointed double chamfered arch.

Also a C13 carving of Christ in Majesty, the head of which is missing.

In the chancel is a C14 piscina in the south wall with beast head supporter and C19 arched top.

In the east wall is a C14 statue bracket with crocketed and pinnacled canopy.

Fittings: Early C18 raised and fielded panelled pulpit with moulded cornice and intarsia stars.

Bric-a-brac surrounds the font, as these are items offered for sale to support the work of the church.

Otherwise all is C19, including the circular ashlar font with blank trefoil panels to the sides and octagonal legs.

Bric-a-brac surrounds the font, as these are items offered for sale to support the work of the church.

© Bob Harvey

Monument: On the north wall of the chancel is a rectangular ashlar wall plaque to Anthony Williams, d. 1681.

Beneath is a reset C15 corbel, now supporting a C19 book stand.