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St Christopher

St Christopher

Ashley

Wiltshire

Chancel C13

Architectural Features

south porch C14

C15 alterations and 1860 restoration by E.W.Godwin

Nave c1100: C15 2-light west window with flat-head and hoodmould

one C15 north window east of vestry

small c1100 arched-head light and 2-light C14 Decorated window with hoodmould

C14 coped- gabled south porch with roof raised in C19 at north end to accommodate door surround

Fine c1100 south doorway with carved animal imposts and carved head corbels to arched tympanum with frieze of 10 lyre or acanthus type motifs around

Chancel has 2 C15 south side flat-head windows with hoodmoulds flanking low C14 priest's door with hoodmould and C19 east window of 2 lancets with column shaft between and plate tracery cinquefoil over

Two low C14 Decorated recesses in south wall

Circa 1100 chancel opening, arch raised in C13 with 2-chamfer pointed arch on half-octagonal corbels

Chancel with Cl9 ashlar lining to north and east walls, C13 south wall piscina with rose motif around drain

Circular Norman font with roll motif decoration

High Victorian banded stone pulpit in 2 colours with incised decoration

Stained glass of c1860 to chancel, east window by Bell of Bristol, faded and 2 south windows

Numerous reset C17 and C18 plaques

2 on north wall of c1700 and c1748 in carved frames. (Pevsner: Wiltshire (1975) 220.)