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All Saints

Braybrooke

Northamptonshire

C13, C14, C15, Griffin Chapel c 1520

Architectural Features

Restored C17, 1892, 1898, 1933

West tower, late C14, 2 stages, has 4 diagonal buttresses, plinth, string courses and cusped lozenge frieze with gargoyles

3-bay north aisle has to north 2 C15 double lancets with flat heads and to west a C14 doorway

East end has a C15 triple lancet, and west end a C14 single lancet

4-bay south aisle has 3 C15 double lancets, that to west with late C19 Geometrical tracery

West end has a C15 triple lancet

2-bay chancel has to north 2 blocked doorways and above, 2 C17 mullioned casements

Parapeted and gabled south porch, C14, reroofed 1933, has chamfered doorway with round shafts and hood mould

4-bay nave arcades, C13 and C14, restored 1892, have round demi shafts with stiff- leaf capitals in the north-east bay, and an octagonal demi-shaft in the south-east bay

Arch braced C15 roof, restored 1898

North aisle has a stained glass east window, 1957, and to its right a chamfered doorway to the rood stair

South aisle has a C16 eastern arch with shafts and a restored C15 oak screen

South side has fragments of wall painting and C15 glass in the central window

Restored C15 roof with moulded timbers and wall shafts

South side has to west an arched aumbry and C16 glass fragments in the east and west windows

Fittings include C12 square font with interlace work, cross and fishes, on C19 stem

Prayer desk, altar table and chair assembled from carved and panelled C15 and C16 fragments

Late C19 oak eagle lectern and octagonal pulpit

Framed brass donation board, 1684

Royal Arms, George III

Memorials include noteworthy Griffin family monument c 1570, ashlar, with pilastered base containing cartouche and scrolls

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