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St Mary The Virgin

West Knoyle

Wiltshire

C13, C15, restored 1876-78 by J. Mountford Allen of Crewkerne

Architectural Features

Chancel has two C13 cusped lancets and pair of C19 lancets, east end has C19 three-light Perpendicular-style window with hoodmould, cross finial to coped verge, angle buttresses

North side of nave has three C15 square-headed windows with cusped lights and blocked pointed doorway

C19 chancel arch on compound shaft corbels, chancel roof boarded, double-chamfered pointed C19 arch to organ chamber, pointed archway to right to vestry, polychrome tiled floor and trefoiled aumbry on north wall, chamfered trefoiled piscina on south wall probably C13 restored

C19 polygonal pulpit with open traceried wooden panels on stone plinth

C19 octagonal carved stone font in C15 style

C18 octagonal pedestal font with gadrooning retained

Painted Royal Arms hung in tower

Stained glass in south east chancel window to George Vander Meulen died 1888

Monuments include segmental pedimented grey marble tablet to Mary Willoughby died 1736, egg and dart moulded panel with painted heraldic arms to Grace Carpenter died 1666

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