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All Saints

All Saints

Cossington

Leicestershire

C13-C15 and C19.

Architectural Features

Tower of C13 of 3 stages with small blocked W door, W lancet with C19 stained glass, N and S lancets, 4 bell openings with hood moulds, head frieze and battlements.

C13 4 bay N arcade with double-chamfered arches on circular piers.

Early C14 4 bay S arcade with double sunk quadrant-moulded arches on quatrefoil piers.

NW window with Y tracery, blocked N door, 2 N windows with C19 stained glass, and NE window with Y tracery and C19 stained glass.

Early C14 chancel.

E window with Intersected tracery and stained glass c1918 by Strachan.

Fine sedilia with ogee arches and piscina, and on N wall a C14 tomb-recess, with ogee arch over the alabaster tomb chest of Dr. Matthew Knightley, a former Rector, of 1556.

Incised top and carved sides.

S windows have C19 stained glass.

SE window has Geometric tracery and stained glass of 1862.

Early C14 S doorway and C19 S porch.

Round font, possibly C13/C14, with C17 restored cover.

Restored Perp screen and pulpit.

In chancel alabaster wall monument to Rev. William Stavely, a former Rector, of 1652.

Further early C19 wall monuments, a rectangular painting of the Royal Arms of Georgian period and c1700 painting of the Creed, Commandments and Lord's Prayer with portraits of Moses and Aaron.

Carved frame.