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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Bletsoe

Bedfordshire

Irregular cruciform plan with central tower, whose form suggests Saxo-Norman origins, though details at top, corner gargoyles and double trefoiled lights in each side, are C14

Architectural Features

The chancel is a C19 restoration of a C14 rebuilding

The south transept, C14 restored, is slightly askew to the axis of the tower

The aisleless nave, heavily restored but probably of late C13 origins, now contains the Sir John St John (d. 1559) memorial, moved in 1978 from the north transept

The octagonal font is C15.