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St Mary And All Saints

Great Stambridge

Essex

Pre-Conquest nave and chancel, circa 1300 south aisle, much rebuilding C13

Architectural Features

C14 of chancel.

C15 west tower and north porch.

Chancel, east wall buttressed at angles, C19 window of 2 cinquefoiled lights, tracery over, 2-centred arch and label, rear splays and arch probably C14.

Nave, north wall has 3 windows, the eastern C13 much repaired with a square head, the other 2 probably C15 of 2 cinquefoiled lights under square heads, moulded labels.

Between these windows is a late C14 doorway, moulded jambs and 2-centred head, moulded label, vertically boarded door, ornate iron hinges.

C14/C15, timber framed, brick plinth.

West window C15 of 3 cinquefoiled lights, vertical tracery, 2-centred head and label.

C15 west doorway, chamfered jambs, 2-centred head and label, nailed plank and muntin door with strap hinges.

Niche to south of west door, chamfered jambs, 4-centred head, probably C15.

C20 marble reredos, C19 stained glass to windows.

North doorway into vestry circa 1350.

Nave:- Wooden semi-octagonal pulpit with carved tracery.

Piscina to west wall, circa 1300.

C15 octagonal font, one side blank, the others with a quatrefoil enclosing flowers or shields of arms.

West wall memorial to John Harriot of Broomhills, Stambridge.

Brass on north wall to John Winthrop married here in 1605 to Mary Forth he sailed to America 1630 in the "Arabella" and became the first Governor of Boston, Massachusetts.

C20 stained glass window of the Arabella subscribed by the Winthrop family in America.