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St Mary The Virgin

Birchanger

Essex

It was built by William Mountfitchet between 1120 and 1124

Architectural Features

it still retains some original Norman features as well as features of the C13

The church is of flint and stone, with a red brick embattled west tower of 1692 surmounted by a small spire.

The chancel arch is C12 and has zig-zag and bell-flower ornamentation.

The south and north doors are also C12 (the north door is reset).

The chancel is of the C13 and has tall blank arcades to the windows.

The font is of the early C13

the ogee cover is C17.

The church has some fine monuments including a stone effigy of a knight, armoured and cross legged, in a recess , wife of Sir Thomas Middleton, with a recumbent figure on an alabaster sarcophagus.