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Ellington

Cambridgeshire

Largely late C14

Architectural Features

Of the earlier church the C13 chancel arch remains in situ with fragments of C13 stone window jambs rebuilt in chancel, and reset late C13 doorway in south wall

mid C13 doorway in north wall of north aisle.

South aisle C14, tower c.1400 rebuilt at same time as the nave arcades, north aisle and south porch.

South wall of south aisle rebuilt at end of C15 and clerestorey added.

South porch C16.

Roofs of lead, slate and tile.

Chancel rebuilt in C19 of three buttressed bays with steeply pitched roof, has two, two-light windows with geometric tracery, and a late C15 two-light window with transome and four-centred head.

Late C15 clerestorey with embattled parapet and low pitch roof to nave has four, three-light windows in four-centred arches and three gargoyles.

North aisle, c.1400, has three, three-light windows with tracery in four- centred heads, an embattled parapet and angle buttresses at quoins and bays of two stages.

North porch c.1400 has a two-centred outer arch of two continuous moulded orders with a square-label and spandrels carved with the wheat-ear.

Inner north doorway reset C13 two-centred arch of two richly moulded orders resting on jambs with one detached, and two attached shafts with moulded capitals and bases.

Late C14 west tower of three stages has a moulded plinth with an octagonal broach-spire rising from a moulded cornice.

Chancel, arch C13 two-centred of two chamfered orders, the inner order resting on semi-circular attached shafts with stiff-leaf capitals and moulded bases.

Low side rebated window in chancel, restored C14 piscena in chancel, C14 piscena with ogee head in south aisle.

Very fine early C15 and late C15 roofs to nave and aisles.

Nave roof of four bays with moulded and carved braces forming two-centred arches below principal rafters, moulded with embattled collars, ridge and purlins also moulded.

Intermediate principal rafters have a centred angel at their feet.

At base of each wall-post is a smallcarved figure problably an aspostle.

The roofs of both north and south aisles are similar, of four bays of moulded principal rafters with braces and wall-posts with carved figures of saints

each bay is sub- divided by intermediate rafters each with a large carved angel at its foot.

C15 font has an octagonal bowl with panelled sides.

In south aisle C13 stone coffin found under floor in 1915.