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St Nicholas

Potterspury

Northamptonshire

C12,C13 and C15, altered and restored 1848 by R.C. Hussey at a cost of £3,000 and again restored by E.F. Law in 1860-1. Coursed squared limestone, with ironstone and limestone dressings, lead and copper roofs

Architectural Features

That to north with octagonal west pier and C12 circular east pier with scalloped capital

That to south has octagonal piers, carved head corbels either end and double-chamfered arches

Octagonal font with panelled stem and tracery patterns and bowl with pointed quatrefoils and shields

C19 and C20 stain-glass windows

Monuments: brass to Agnes Ogle d.1616, wife of Cuthbert Ogle

Wall monument of stone and alabaster to Gabriel Clarke d.1624, with black marble inscription plate

Similar monument to Cuthbert Ogle d. 1633, with cartouche of arms above erected by his widow Beateris

Wall monument of veined marble with slate inscription plate and cartouche of arms above to John Barrow d.1744, and his wife Anne d.1757, erected by Mr

Wall monument with stone surround and slate inscription plate to John Meal d.1742 'Late Gardener/To His Grace the Duke of/Grafton/whome He served faithfully/At Wakefield Lodge/Sixteen Years'. Wall monument of slate with veined marble brackets and cornice to Joseph Scrivener d.1808 and his wife Elizabeth d.1780 signed Cockerill, Wappenham. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire: 1973, pp376-7).

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