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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Lapworth

Warwickshire

C12 nave

Architectural Features

early C13 north aisle and chancel

north chantry chapel c.1250 partly rebuilt C15

late C13 south aisle, rebuilt c.146O

late C14 tower

old plain-tile roof to chancel

2-light Perpendicular tracery windows to left, right of centre, and to right with decorative carved hood moulds and end stops

3-light Perpendicular tracery window with decorative carved hood moulds and end stops to east end of south aisle

3-light stone mullion windows with ousped lights, hood moulds and carved end stops to clerestory

Battlemented parapet with finials to north aisle, 3-light stone mullion windows with cusped lights, hood moulds and carved end stops to clerestory

Fragments of medieval wall painting

Nave: 4-bay Perpendicular roof with moulded ribs, purlins and rafters, supported on carved stone corbels

Clerestory windows have internal hood moulds with carved end stops

Octagonal medieval stone font on octagonal stepped base with octagonal basin on carved corbels

History: the north chantry chapel was partly rebuilt C15 by theCatesby family. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire: 1966, pp331-332