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Saint Mary

Saint Mary

Wrawby

Lincolnshire

Late C12 - early C13 tower with later C13 upper stage, C13 north arcade and north door

Architectural Features

C14 south arcade, south door and aisles

C15 south chapel, nave clerestory and tower parapet.

Chancel: chamfered pointed door and restored C15 square-headed 2- light cinquefoiled window to north, C19 pointed 3-light traceried east window.

Similar south aisle with moulded capitals, perhaps re-cut in C17, moulded bases on tall square plinths, and wider fifth east bay to former Tyrwhitt Chapel.

South-west respond rebuilt with section of shaft on moulded corbel supported by carved winged angel holding shield and re-set Romanesque carved head corbel

fragments of incised C13 gravestones re-set in wall below.

South-east pier has pair of carved heads above capital, and moulded corbel base for former statue

former roof corbels, one a mutilated carved head.

Monuments in chancel: C16 ashlar altar tomb , re-set from south chapel, has moulded plinth, carved relief frieze with shields in quatrefoils alternating with traceried panels, and panel behind with indents for brasses below a straight-sided 4-centred arch and frieze of pointed quatrefoils

mid C18 ashlar wall tablet to Robert Draper and others with carved Gothick surround

C17 - C18 floor slabs

Painted board of 1687 at west end of south aisle recording bequest of Ellen Trippe.

The font is Early English. It rests on 8 columns with a Jacobean wooden cover.

C13 font with octagonal bowl bearing inscribed geometric traceried panel, on 8 shafts and later base.

The font is Early English. It rests on 8 columns with a Jacobean wooden cover.

© Julian P Guffogg

Fragments of C14 glass in north aisle.