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St Mary

St Mary

Old Leake

Lincolnshire

C12, late C13, C14, C15, 1490-1547, C18, 1873-5, chancel restored by Temple Moore.

Architectural Features

Tower, 1490-1547, ashlar, moulded plinth, 4 chamfered string courses, embattled parapet, stepped corner buttresses.

C14 north aisle with gabled corner buttresses.

Between the windows are niches matching those on the tower and terminating in gablettes, the plain parapet has a cornice, carved in a variety of heads and figures.

C18 gabled north porch in brick and plain tiles, has a C14 moulded outer arch, with annular imposts.

Continuously moulded C14 inner doorway.

C14 chancel has openwork wave moulded parapet.

The south aisle has 3 late C13 Y tracery 3 light windows, 2 reticulated windows, a single panel traceried window

a 3 light C16 window with triangular head.

6 bay C14 nave arcades, filleted quatrefoil pillars, annular capitals, double chamfered arches, with hoods and human head stops.

C12 half round east and west responds with scalloped capitals and square abaci.

Tall late C15 tower arch with hollow chamfered octagonal imposts.

C14 chancel arch, circular imposts with fleurons, wave moulded head.

C14 crown post roof.

In the chancel a C14 triple sedilia with piscina beyond.

Early C18 panelled octagonal pulpit with Ionic pilasters and pulvinated cornice, octagonal tester with entasia star.

C15 octagonal alms box on ashlar base, made from hollowed out tree trunk.

C18 font with swept octagonal bowl and base, on 2 steps.

Monuments.

C16 alabaster effigy of a knight in plate armour, lying in C14 tomb recess, continuously moulded, hacked off hood.