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St Mary Magdalene

St Mary Magdalene

Norton

South Yorkshire

Tower: west buttresses (that on right with moulded band and large offsets) flank restored C12 doorway with shafts to 4-order round arch, scalloped capitals and zig-zag ornament

Architectural Features

within are benches and C14 shouldered-lintel doorway under arch with fleurons.

diagonal buttresses flank a square-headed window of 2 ogee lights beneath a narrower C12 window-head.

Roll-moulded priests' door has hoodmould now carved with anthemion motifs

Y-tracery, double- chamfered windows of c1300 with head-carved hoodmould stops.

to west are 2 pilaster buttresses rising from a moulded plinth, moulded band beneath C12 single-light window with later carvings to impost and hood.

that on south with semicircular west respond and re-carved capital, keeled east respond with moulded capital and pointed arch with roll-moulding and zig-zag.

In north aisle: a quadrant-moulded tomb recess, its figure gone

into transept a C12 arch with zig-zag which cuts an earlier C12 window opening.

C12 window on north chancel wall has shafts and scalloped capitals.

Fittings: octagonal font on moulded base

C17 octagonal pulpit on later base.

Rood screen of 4 : 2 : 4 divisions with ornate dado having 3 niches to each bay, rail with mouchettes and inscription, coving with lierne ribs.

Altar by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin in south transept has figures in 5 crocketed niches, (brought from Ackworth).

Monuments: at east end of north aisle a medieval grave slab with sword to right of cross on calvary base

Yarborough family monuments notably the 1803 wall monument to Thomas Yarborough et. al. by Flaxman: panel in aedicule depicting the dispensation of alms to the poor.

N. Pevsner, B.0.E., 1967 ed. P. F. Ryder, Medieval Buildings of Yarkshire, 1982, p66 (plate).