St Mary

C13 S arcade, remainder of the church Perpendicular with two C15 porches

Square-headed windows to the S side of the chancel and N and S sides of the nave, some of the nave windows medieval.

The church preserves a pair of good timber-framed C15 porches.

The N porch is on a low plinth and has an arch-braced crown post roof with carved boss and sprocketted eaves.

The dado section has been renewed but the posts and sole plate are medieval.

The square-headed outer doorway has carved spandrels.

The inner doorway is chamfered and contains a probably late medieval door of overlapping vertical planks with strap hinges.

This has a wide central ogee arch arch, a coved cornice and cresting and rood figures.

The nave roof appears to be largely medieval with some replacement of rafters.

Late medieval ceiling to the lower stage of the tower.

C. 1200 4-bay S arcade with circular piers and double-chamfered arches.

Early C20 2-sided timber pulpit.

Font with an octagonal stone bowl on an octagonal stem.

TQ7594 : St Mary, Runwell - Font

© John Salmon

Monuments include a wall brass to Edward Sulyard, d. 1547 and his wife.

Tablet to Edward Sulyard, d. 1692, signed Thomas Cartwright Junior.

Fragments of medieval stained glass in one window, other stained glass includes one 1929 window signed Heaton.

TQ7594 : St Mary, Runwell - Stained glass window

© John Salmon

A church of C13 origins with extensive medieval fabric, including the rare survival of 2 timber-framed C15 porches, both in a relatively good state of preservation.