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St Mary

Welford

Northamptonshire

C13 to C15, and restored and north aisle rebuilt by E.F. Law 1872

Architectural Features

South chantry chapel, late C14, of 2-window range of 3-light windows with 4-centred arches

Shallow gabled roof with ashlar parapets, gargoyles at corners and bellcote at west apex

South aisle of 4-window range of 2-light windows, that to far left is C14, the others are C19

North aisle of 3-window range of 2-light square-headed windows, probably C14 reset in C19

Castellated ashlar parapet with gargoyles at corners

2-bay south chapel arcade and one-bay north chapel arcade of C13 double-chamfered arches with large carved corbelled responds

5-bay nave arcade, that to the south is C13 with double-chamfered arches

Monuments: South chapel, monument to Francis Saunders c.1585, marble tablet with incised brass tablet and veined marble surround with shallow arched recesses, coats of arms and large armorial device over, flanked by recumbent female figures

North aisle, chest tomb C13, decorated with shields and quatrefdils with plain slab over, set in shallow recess with segmental arch over, (probably all reset when the aisle was rebuilt in C19). On chancel north wall a late C18 marble tablet to Payne family

Fragments of bench end with poppy head formed into reading desk is probably C16

C17 Jacobean screen to north and south aisle chapels and west tower arch

C19 stained glass to all windows in chancel, aisles and tower

Font C14. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.450).

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