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St. Mary and All Saints

St. Mary And All Saints

Kirkby Underwood

Lincolnshire

Cll, late C12, early C13, mid C14, C15, restored 1893.

Architectural Features

Lead and plain tile roofs with stone coped gables with cross finials, some decorative ridge tiles.

Early C15 unbuttressed west tower with plinth and moulded string course.

C15 pointed west window with chamfered surround, 2 pointed, cusped lights and early incipient panel tracery, hood mould runs into string course on each side.

C15 bell openings on all 4 sides, each with a pointed head, chamfered surround, 2 pointed cusped lights with cusped opening above and hood mould.

Moulded eaves above with single central gargoyles on each side

Early C15 clerestory above with 3 windows with flattened triangular heads, each with 2 cusped, pointed lights with a cusped opening above.

Section of Anglo Saxon interlace carving embedded to left of window.

East end of the south aisle with fragmentary plinth and late C15 window with flattened triangular head, continuous moulded surround and 2 pointed cusped lights.

South side of aisle with moulded plinth and early C14 window to east with 3 plate, ogee headed narrow lights.

C15 gabled porch to west with triangular headed south doorway and continuous chamfered surround.

Porch interior with early C13 south doorway with pointed head, continuous chamfered surround and plank door.

C15 window to the west of porch with 2 pointed lights.

C15 clerestory above with 3 windows with flattened triangular heads, 2 cusped, round headed lights and cusped opening above.

Late C12 interior tower arch with double chamfered, pointed head dying into rectangular jambs.

North arcade blocked but 3 bay early C13 arcade exposed with pointed double chamfered heads, semi-circular responds, quatrefoil piers with moulded capitals and western-most pier with fillets.

Mid C13 south arcade of 3 bays with pointed, double chamfered heads with hood moulds and head in spandrel to west.

Pier to west re-modelled in mid C14 with quatrefoil plan with small slender rolls inserted in cusps and rich foliate capitals in continuous band.

Choir stalls and reading desk incorporate large finialled C16 bench ends.

C17 polygonal pulpit with field panelling and upper looped frieze.

C19 pews, altar rail and brass lectern.

Fragment of sculpted stone of c.1300 with leaf trails and human head.

Early C13 font heavily restored in C19 with round plinth and pedestal and plain octagonal bowl.

Tower interior with faded hatchment, small Lord's Prayer board, and various C18 and C19 plaques commemorating charitable bequests.