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St Mary

St Mary

Willoughby Waterleys

Leicestershire

Partly C13, though most of its dateable features are C14, or renewed in a C14 style during thorough restoration work in 1875.

Architectural Features

Door and 2-light window to south, 3-light east window in C14 style.

North aisle is buttressed with small steeply gabled porch enclosing early C14 doorway with double hollow chamfered jambs.

Decorated style windows, and a central window originally of the C15, with a stilted hoodmould.

Inside late C13 arch to tower, roughly worked with heavy inner chamfer springing from corbels.

North arcade of 4 bays, largely C14.

C15 nave roof: moulded tiebeams have central bosses carved as faces and the braces spring from stone corbels forming a series of placid or grotesque heads.

Reredos of 1919, wood with carved figures.

The other furnishings both here and in the body of the Church date from the restoration and include encaustic floor tiles, a wood pulpit, pews and screens to west tower and vestry, these in a heavy gothick style.

Stained glass: east window may be c1840, replaced.

Central north nave window has glass of 1913, in a traditional painted style, darkly coloured main figures, but white and yellow angels in the upper lights.

C13 font has shallow chamfered round basin on tall cylindrical base.