Great Chesterford
Essex
A flint church with stone dressings of C13 origin with C14
C15 alterations.
The west tower was destroyed in the C14-C15 and was rebuilt, it fell down in 1790 and was rebuilt in 1792.
The 2 western bays of the nave arcade and a lancet window in the chancel give evidence of the C13 origin.
The rest of the nave, the south aisle, the north chapel, the crossing and transepts are of the C14-C15.
The south chapel was rebuilt in the C16.
The roof of the south aisle is of the C16.
There are two C16 brasses, one (early) of a woman and another of a baby in swadling clothes The church forms the central feature of a good local group away from the village centre.