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St Mary

Lawford

Essex

C14 Nave, mid C14 Chancel and South Porch, West Tower may be C14 but was extensively altered C16, C17 and later.

Architectural Features

Of flint, rubble, septaria and brick, limestone dressings, red tiled roof with diamond patterning and pierced ridge tiles.

Moulded and carved 2 centred arch doorway below second window.

2 C14 windows with C18 frames and mullions, 2 cinquefoiled ogee lights tracery over 2 centred arch heads and labels.

The C14 south door is between the windows, moulded jambs, 2-centred arch and label with defaced head stops.

C14 gabled south porch, timber framed on dwarf walls.

C14 stoup with moulded jambs and cinquefoiled head.

The arch moulds are richly. carved, the 2 north western bays with foliage, the second bay with owls and foliage and the north east with mostly male figures forming a chain, some holding each other by hand or foot, 2 with musical instruments.

Below the southern windows the C14 Piscina, 3 bay Sedilia and door arch are surmounted by a moulded cornice with carved dragons and animal heads, mainly defaced.

The spandrels are carved with oak and vine leaves and each has a figure in high relief of a robed figure probably playing a musical instrument, all defaced.

The door spandrels each have a central crowned head and a number of smaller defaced figures.

Monument on north wall to Edward Waldegrave 1584 and Johan (Ackworth) his wife, alabaster and marble, kneeling figures of a man and his Wife in round headed recessed arches, divided and flanked by Corinthian columns supporting an entablature, cresting and 3 shields of arms.

Edward Waldegrave 1621, Thomas Harris 1699, Dame Sarah Bingham, wife of William Waldegrave 1634.

C19 stained glass to east window.

Fragment of medieval glass to 2 northern windows.

C19 carved and traceried alabaster panelling to north wall and similar panelling with central triptych forming east wall, reredos, this with carved initials, foliage, tall niches to north and south of east window with carved figures of ?Christ and Mary.

C19 3 bay canted roof, carved ashlars, 2 arched braces resting on plain corbels.

Brass eagle lectern.

Circa 1906 timber octagonal panelled pulpit.

2 hatchments each to north and south walls and one charity board to south wall.

Stone/cement urn font, moulded base, moulded petal base with ringed bowl stem and moulded rim.