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St Leodegar

St Leodegar

Wyberton

Lincolnshire

Originally late C12 rebuilt c.1420.

Architectural Features

The original church had a crossing tower which collapsed in 1419.

The rendered north aisle with plain parapet has C19 3 light windows with panel tracery, one to both ends and 5 to the side, set between stepped buttresses, all in C15 chamfered surrounds.

5 three light C15 clerestory windows now with C19 cusped tracery.

5 bay nave arcades, the north arcade has reused C13 clustered shafts, annular capitals and double chamfered arches.

The tall tower arch has octagonal reveals, and double chamfered arch, the outer order being continuous. c.1200 5 lozenge shaped pillars with clustered

some collared shafts to deeply moulded C13 chancel arch.

The C15 nave roof of 5 bays survives with moulded tie beams, principals, demi figures to sides and plain corbels.

Some reused C15 tracery on the choir stalls.

C15 octagonal font on shafted base, blank shields, in quatrefoil panels to sides, on tall contemporary base.

Also a C14 octagonal bowl, much abraded, having traceried panels with cusped ogee arches and shields.

Octagonal stone pulpit dated 1881.

Monuments.

In the aisles 3 C18 broken pedimented wall monuments.

In the north aisle a C14 black marble ledger slab to Adam of Frampton and his wife, in low relief depicting the deceased under cusped and brattished arches.

Records in the Chancery Court refer to proceedings between 1426 and 1432 where Roger Derrys, a London mason, was sueing for payment following the rebuilding of Church tower and nave.