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St Bartholomew and Farnham Chapel

St Bartholomew And Farnham Chapel

Quorn

Leicestershire

C12-C14 and 1842.

Architectural Features

Tower of C14/C15 of 2 stages with plinth, diagonal stepped buttresses, C19 small W door, W window, S.W. stair, 4 2-light bell openings with hood moulds and label stops, moulding with gargoyles, and battlements.

The other 6 are filled with later C19 and early C20 stained glass, one by Percy Bacon, London, 1907.

Chancel has N window with C19 stained glass, Perp E window with stained glass of 1862, and 2 S windows with C19 stained glass, one a low side window including in frame a squint from Farnham Chapel.

C19 stained glass.

4 incised slabs of earlier C16.

Hanging monument to Thomas Farnham, died 1574, and family.

Kneeling high relief figures under 2 bay classical arcade.

Double monument to John Farnham, died 1587, and wife.

2 recumbent effigies on ornamental tomb-chest with, on E wall, a relief showing military encampment and almost full relief figure of soldier. "Outstandingly good and attributed by Mrs. Esdaile to Epiphanius Evesham" (Pevsner).

Further wall monuments of mid C19 and by Bacon, 1817.

C12 S doorway with spiral-fluted shafts and zigzag in arch.

Perp octagonal font, C19 brass lectern and C18 and C19 wall monuments in chancel.