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St Remigus

St Remigus

Water Newton

Cambridgeshire

C12 stones reused.

Architectural Features

C13 chancel and south aisle, mid C13 north aisle and lengthened have.

Early C14 west tower, and south aisle rebuilt and possibly widened

Nave clerestory C14.

Alterations in late C14

C15 include remodelled doorway to tower and closing the west end of the north aisle.

South elevation: West tower of two stages with corbel table with mask-corbels and small carved animals at base of spire

reset lancet window and belfry window of two pointed lights cut into round arches with detached shafted jambs and chevron ornament, (on west wall a niche with moulded jambs, two-centred head and label with figure of a man, on inscribed panel below 'Vous ke par issi passey pur le alme Thomas Purdeu priez').

late C13 south doorway with two-centred arch of two moulded orders with moulded label and mask stops

three mid C14 windows each of two square-headed lights.

South porch with two-centred outer archway of two chamfered orders with moulded label and mask stops, responds with attached shafts and moulded capitals and bases, gable with carved apex stone.

Chancel:three windows, two mid C14 with two square-headed lights moulded labels and mask stops, low-side window of one square-headed light

mid C14 doorway with chamfered jambs and segmental head, earlier windows jambs visible.

north arcade C13 restored 1887 with round arches of one chamfered order with plain labels, octagonal columns with moulded capitals and bases

south arcade, two eastern bays early C13 with arches similar to north arcade, the eastern column is quatrefoil in plan and western column octagonal, both with moulded caps and bases.

Piscina C14 with chamfered jambs and segmental arch, sedilia of three bays with moulded two-centred arches and labels with head-stops, shafts between the bays with moulded capitals and bases.

Chancel screen, restored five bays C15

two bench ends in chancel with poppy-heads and one pew-end with carved heads.

Font, C15 octagonal bowl quatrefoiled and sixfoiled panels and modern step.

For monuments, floor slabs and memorial glass see RCHM, and VCH.

Roofs restored, nave roof with six reset C15 carved angels.