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St Nicholas

Thames Ditton

Surrey

C13, north chancel chapel C14, restored in C19, north wall of 1826 by W. McIntosh Brooks and extensions to south

Architectural Features

Flint with stone dressings, tower with brick and tile patching to stonework, weatherboard above

Two bay chancel with C16 brick, four-centred arch under C13 lancet window

Fittings: C19 pews and pulpit

Stone Norman font c.1120 to west end: block capital with scalloped top and cable moulding to four lunettes containing medallions, subjects in the medallions include Lamb, Cross and an Ibex

Monuments: North chancel wall: The Forde Tomb

Mid C16 Perpendicular, rectangular stone structure with six posts, centre dividing wall to two arched chambers with quatrefoil band and billet moulding to top

North Chancel chapel, north wall: Brakendon Booth brass.1580

Shields over the principal figures

Monument to Col

Portrait bust to top of Godolphin in Roman costume

North Chancel Chapel, west wall: Forde brass.1533, possibly designed to fit into the Forde monument

Guileme Leigh: brass plate dated 1608

Chancel arch wall, north side: Polsted brass 1540: husband and wife kneeling, facing each other across a book littered table, children to right

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