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St Catherine

St Catherine

Batheaston

Somerset

C12, altered and remodelled extensively c.

Architectural Features

1490 for Prior Cantlow of Bath

2 demi- figures of angels holding shields on chancel arch wall

Pulpit is late C15, repainted C19

Font: late C12 on C13

Vicar's pew incorporates C15 bench ends and decoration.

Glass: East window, dated 1490 restored 1846

three figures of the Rood and St. Peter

below is an inscription and the arms and kneeling figure of Prior Cantlow

South chancel window: three C15 roundels, 2 painted with eagles holding scrolls inscribed with Cantlow's name and central figure of St. Catherine trampling on the Emperor Maxentius.

Nave south window has C15 roses and suns.

Heraldic glass of 1846 in chancel and nave, to Colonel Strutt.

Monuments.

Chancel: William Blanchard, died 1631, 2 kneeling figures (he in armour) and 4 kneeling children below, in Corinthian columns and under a broken pediment with arms

William Blanchard, died 1686, inscribed plaque with Tuscan columns and segmental pediment.