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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Great Alne

Warwickshire

C12, largely rebuilt c.1316 (VCH)

Architectural Features

turret C16 or C17

Old tile roofs

From east: 2-light square headed window with C14 jambs and C16 or C17 head (VCH)

C13 lancet

oak framed 2-light window with cusped Y-tracery, probably C16 replacement of earlier stone window (VCH)

Nave has C15 wagon roof (VCH) with slightly higher ridge and 2 moulded tie beams

Fittings: font, possibly c.1316 but largely re-cut, has cup bowl on later cylindrical stem

Board and batten lid with original staples and iron rod fastening, probably early C17 (VCH). Mid Cl9 pulpit, screen and pews

C18 three tier brass chandelier

Stained glass: chancel south window has early C14 glass in tracery

Late C15 alabaster carving of 'The Presentation of the Virgin' on nave north wall. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire III, pp,127-128