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St Mary

St Mary

Thoresway CP

Lincolnshire

C12, C13, mostly rebuilt 1879-86 by James Fowler.

Architectural Features

Coursed ironstone rubble, limestone ashlar dressings, slate roofs with decorative ridge tiles, wooden bell turret.

C19 west front, re-using part of C12 tower arch.

Ashlar dressed plinth, 2 stage buttresses where the aisles meet the main vessel and C12 central round headed blind archway with large impost blocks with inserted, round headed lights.

Porch interior flanked by stone benches with late C12 round headed double chamfered doorway with inner rectangular jambs and outer C19 circular jambs with shaft rings, moulded bases and stiff leaf capitals.

Interior west end has blocked remnants of C12 round headed tower arch with large imposts.

Late C13 north and south arcades each of 3 bays with double chamfered pointed arches, octagonal piers and polygonal responds with octagonal capitals.

C13 chancel arch heavily restored in C19.

Bases and first few feet of polygonal responds are C13 the remainder with beaded capitals, C19.

C13 double chamfered pointed arch above. to contain organ, with small door to vestry beyond with hoodmould running into that of arch to west.

C19 roofs, and encaustic tiles throughout.

C19 pulpits, lecturn and pews.

2 C19 monuments.

C12 octagonal stone font with quatrefoils scored on octagonal support.

3 re-set C14 gravestones, 2 decorated with ornate crosses, in north aisle of nave.