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St Mary

St Mary

Stelling Minnis

Kent

Late C12 or early C13, C14

Architectural Features

C15 and C18.

South face of tower tile-hung.

Plain tile roofs.

West tower: late C12 or early C13.

Tile- hanging of south face unpierced.

South aisle: late C12 or early C13 origin, with C14 fenestration.

Single- light C14 window with trefoiled ogee head and no hoodmould east of porch.

C14 pointed-arched east window with three trefoil-headed lights and tracery of intersecting glazing bars with trefoils and quatrefoils.

Half-hipped plain tile roof.

Late C12 or early C13 moulded pointed-arched inner doorway, central roll-and-fillet moulding springing from slender shafts with moulded capitals and bases.

Chancel: late C12 or early C13.

Pointed-arched C14 east window with three trefoil-headed lights and tracery of quatrefoils and sexfoil in ogivals.

Pointed, plain-chamfered C13 tower arch with hollow-chamfered imposts and east leading edges of wall below chamfered, with bar and cushion stops.

Fittings: roll-and-filleted C13 stone string to east end of south aisle.

TR1448 : Stelling, St. Mary's Church: The font

Octagonal stone font with moulded base, buttressed stem, and bowl with two trefoil-headed panels in relief, to each face.

TR1448 : Stelling, St. Mary's Church: The font

© Michael Garlick

TR1448 : Stelling, St. Mary's Church: Rustic Georgian interior 4, three-decker pulpit

C18 hexagonal three-decker pulpit with sunk moulded panels, panelled back-board, and hexagonal tester, towards centre of north wall of nave, facing south aisle.

TR1448 : Stelling, St. Mary's Church: Rustic Georgian interior 4, three-decker pulpit

© Michael Garlick

Organ to west side of pulpit.

Three west-facing box pews to east side of pulpit.

Box pews to south side of nave and in south aisle face pulpit, leaving gangway between south porch and nave.

The pulpit and pews are relatively unusual survivals in this area.