Architectural Features
Late C13 tower with angle buttresses.
Carved heraldic shield above with a cusped statue niche.
South wall of nave has one cusped Y-traceried 2-light window with cusped spandrel light and a 3-light late-Medieval panel-traceried window without cusping.
Finely carved label stops to all nave openings.
Early C14 font with a plain circular bowl on a moulded octagonal shaft.
The Domesday Survey mentions a church in Whinburgh in 1086. The present church, St Mary's > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/671915 stands on the site of this earlier church close to a moated site on which once stood the manor house. The church dates mainly from the 13th century, its tower is situated at the south-west corner rather than at the west end and its bottom stage serves as the south porch. Another peculiarity is the location of the priest door which is in the chancel north wall, rather than in the south wall. An explanation might be found in the pre-Conquest tradition when these doors opened towards the manor house. The church was extensively restored in Victorian times and the chancel > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2050961 was rebuilt in 1886. The baptismal font is original and dates from the 14th century.