
Willoughby on the Wolds
Nottinghamshire
C13, C14, C15, chapel repaired 1781, repaired and enlarged 1829, chancel rebuilt 1891, restored and porch built 1908, chapel restored 1984.
C13 tower of dressed coursed rubble with ashlar quoins and of 2 stages.
The early C14 broach spire with 2 tiers of 4 lucarnes.
The west wall of the north aisle has a single arched restored C14 window with cusped tracery and hood mould.
In the north wall is a single arched 2 light early C14 window with Y tracery, to the left is a chamfered arched doorway.
Further left is the C13 angle buttressed chapel set on a plinth.
There is a band which continues to form a sill band on the north side where there are 2 restored C14 windows each with 2 arched and cusped lights under a flat arch.
The east wall has a single restored C14 window with 3 cinquefoil arched lights under a flat arch, the central light has a singtle transom with single blind trefoil arch under.
To the left is the east wall of the aisle which is on a shallow plinth and has a single C15 arched 3 light window with cusped panel tracery and hood mould.
The C15 clerestorey has 4 arched C15 windows each with 3 cinquefoil arched lights, hood mould and label stops.
The north wall of the chancel is set on a shallow plinth in parts and has a single early C14 arched 2 light window with Y tracery and remains of a continuous sill band.
The south aisle is set on a plinth and has in the east wall a single arched 3 light early C14 window with intersecting tracery.
The south wall has 2 arched 2 light early C14 windows with Y tracery.
In the west wall is a single arched 3 light C15 window with cusped panel tracery, hood mould and humna head label stops.
4 bay early C13 nave arcades with circular columns, keeled responds, octagonal moulded capitals to all but the 2 east columns of the south arcade, which are circular.
The capital of the single central pier on the south side is decorated with crude foliate and the capital of the east respond of this side has some C19 nailhead and remains of crude foliate carving.
C19 rood screen.
The west wall of the chapel decorated with 3 bay C13 blind arcading with moulded arches and jambs, no capitals.
Remains of wall painting to south aisle, south wall, and to the north and east walls of the nave.
Single William IV hatchment.
In the floor of the north aisle is a small oval brass to Collonell Michael Stanhope, 1648, this decorated with a skull and crossbone and hour glass and angel's wings.
The north chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas contains several good monuments.
The effigy of Sir Richard de Willoughby, 1325, of a recumbant cross legged knight with his wife next, both with feet on lions and heads on pillows.
Died childless.
The alabaster tomb of his son Sir Richard de Willougby, 1369, is of a recumbant knight with head resting on a visor and feet on a dog.
She with feet resting on a dog and head on a pillow supported by angels.
The sides are decorated with figures of angels holding shields, set into trefoil arched panels with decorative carved spandrels.
There is an incised floor slab to Isabel Foljmabe, 1417, first wife of Sir Hugh
a much restored-floor slab of a priest, probably Hugh Willougby, Rector of Willoughby 1320-29.