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St Mary And St John The Evangelist

Hinxton

Cambridgeshire

Chancel, nave and west tower c.1200, mid C14 south chapel, and chancel arch rebuilt.

Architectural Features

South porch later C14 and west tower rebuilt except for east wall.

C15 south aisle between porch

south chapel built by bequest of Sir Thomas Skelton , east wall of chancel rebuilt possibly late C17.

South aisle with stepped plain parapet, large window of four trefoiled lights C15, with vertical tracery in segmental heard.

South chapel with parapet embattled at gable end, C15 window of three cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery in two-centred head.

Chancel, possibly shortened in C17 with carved shield of arms of Hinde in east wall.

Small C13 doorway with stop-chamfered jambs and two-centred head.

Interior: Nave, rood doorways and stairs within thickness of wall: blocked C12 doorway with plain square jambs and shouldered head

arched opening to south aisle Cl5 four-centred and similar arch between south chapel and south aisle

late C14 south doorway with two-centred inner arch and square outer head with traceried spandrels and quatrefoils.

Tower arch c.1200, two centred of one plain order with narrow chamfers, square responds with small attached shafts with plain caps.

Roofs of chancel, C17, three bays with side purlins and chamfered tie beams.

C14 nave roof restored collar rafter scissor braced trusses.

Roof of south chapel C15 low-pitched of two bays with moulded principals, curved solid braces and moulded wall posts supported on carved stone head-corbels.

South door, two centred head with vertical boards divided into six panels with trefoiled heads late C14.

Font C14, square clunch bowl, with corner shafts and scalloped cap on octagonal stem.

Piscina in south chapel with moulded trefoiled head C14.

Stoup C15 by south door with trefoiled head.

Screen C15 beneath chancel arch of three bays, restored.

C17 communion table.

Pulpit early C17 with sounding board restored 1912.

Glass fragments and figure in quatrefoil C14 or C15.

Hatchments, four in chancel and three in south aisle.

Brass in south transept, three figures on purbeck marble slab of Sir Thomas Skelton Coffin lid at entrance to porch.

Monuments: In chancel

to Sir Thomas Dayrell d. 1669 inscription of lineage with additional tablet to Barbara Lady Hinede d. 1667

Floor slabs to Thomas Dayrell d. 1664

R.C.H.M. Report 1951 V.C.H. Vol. VI, p228 Pevsner: Buildings of England Clayton, M. Brass Rubbings V & A