St Edith

St Edith

Shocklach

Cheshire

Church, south wall of nave and south doorway mid C12

NORMAN C12 C13 C15 C17 STAINED GLASS BRASS CARVINGS FONT ROYAL ARMS MEDIEVAL

Architectural Features

north wall of nave probably C13

chancel C15

west wall of nave restored and altered to provide baptistry between 2 deep buttresses C17.

Medieval round chancel arch, perhaps pre-dating the present chancel roof which intersects it.

C15 7-sided font (carving on bowl restored).

Plain pulpit of oak, 1687 in brass nails on front.

Royal arms and Puleston hatchment on W wall of nave.

Mounted knight (C17?) carved on stone in north wall of nave (west).

The Norman doorway on the south side of St Edith's Church. It has a round arch of three orders, the outer and inner ones being decorated with chevrons, the middle one with cables. It rests on square piers with weathered corbel heads. The doorway is considered to be one of the best Norman examples in the county.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Edith%27s_Church,_Shocklach

The simple Norman work in this church is unique in Cheshire.

The Norman doorway on the south side of St Edith's Church. It has a round arch of three orders, the outer and inner ones being decorated with chevrons, the middle one with cables. It rests on square piers with weathered corbel heads. The doorway is considered to be one of the best Norman examples in the county. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Edith%27s_Church,_Shocklach