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St Lucia

Upton Magna

Shropshire

Late C15, partly rebuilt and restored in 1856 by G.E. Street.

Architectural Features

plain tile roofs.

C12 nave

chancel, late C15 west tower, and south porch, and north aisle and vestry of 1856.

chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses have 6 off-sets with trefoil-headed and quatrefoil panelled top stages, string courses with carved heads, top course forming hoodmould over belfry openings

carved quatrefoil frieze below parapet string with corner gargoyles, and battlemented parapet to pyramidal cap with weathervane

small 2-light square- headed opening below belfry to west has hoodmould with carved wreathed stops

large first stage west window with 3 trefoil-headed lights, panelled tracery, hollow-chamfered reveals, and hoodmould with carved head at apex and carved heads as stops

south front: two C14 windows to right each with 2 ogee trefoil-headed lights and double-chamfered reveals, that to left with quatrefoil in tracery

pairs of small C12 round- arched windows to north and south, those to east slightly higher, blocked round-arched priest's door to south

C15 chamfered tower arch with moulded capitals

C19 chancel arch, inner chamfer springing from corbels and outer moulding and hoodmould with carved stops

Fittings: C17 stone font restored in C19 with quatre- foil-shafted stem on moulded base, large octagonal bowl dated: "IP RF/1628 IW", and C19 wooden top

C19 fittings probably by Street including stone pulpit, low stone chancel screen, choir .stalls, altar rails and reredos.

Monuments: in tower to Walter Barker with semi-reclining figure, Corinthian pilasters flanking oval panel behind and supporting open segmental pediment with shield, and plinth decorated with strapwork

other late C18 or early C19 memorial tablets.

Mid- and late C19 stained glass.