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St Nicholas

St Nicholas

Ganton

North Yorkshire

C14, incorporating C13 chancel and transept arches

Architectural Features

C15 tower and south porch

Heraldic shield carved with early C15 arms of.Hillesthorpe in gable apex.

Column bases carved with scallop shells

capitals carved alternately with fleurons and rosettes.

At east end 2 ogee-headed canopied niches, the northern one corbelled on a carved figure.

Plain tub font.

Legard hatchments on nave south wall.

Monuments.

Transept is Legard mortuary chapel, blocked off from nave by carved screen.

On east wall, a baroque monument to John Legard with putti.

Stained glass: nave south window signed by Capronnier.