Architectural Features
The chancel has C13 work
The nave possibly rebuilt early C14
the west parapet gable has ball-flower carving to the kneelers and quatrefoil west window
north arcade of 2 bays, with octagonal piers having moulded capital and base The south chancel doorway inserted early C14.
2 2-light windows inserted into chancel south wall C15.
The nave clerestory formed and roof rebuilt c.1500, with principal rafters, butt purlins, arch-braced collars and wall-pieces
Simple timber-framed south porch added c.1500, with coupled rafter roof
The ceiled coupled rafter roof to chancel possibly mediaeval.
During alterations of 1839, a probably C12 chancel arch with later sidelights was replaced by a large unmoulded arch
a C14 stone tracery panel was taken from the north sidelight and reset as a window in the porch wall.
C15 octagonal limestone font with traceried panels on bowl.
TL8759 : St Thomas a Becket, Great Whelnetham - Font
A moulded C16 oak door reused and repaired for C19 vestry.
A window in the south chancel wall is filled with mediaeval glass of several dates, reset at random
fragments of similar glass reset in other windows.
3 mural tablets in the chancel: to Richard Gipps, d. 1660