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St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew

Great Gransden

Cambridgeshire

Parish church rebuilt in second half of C15 with the exception of the late C14 west tower, repaired in 1676, dated lead plaque on tower.

Architectural Features

C15 west doorway, loop-light at third stage and pair of two-light belfry windows with quatrefoil in four- centred arch.

Tower arch, two-centred with two moulded orders, altered in C15.

Roofs of chancel, nave and aisles C15, with some C17 repairs.

Nave and south aisle tie beams bear inscriptions of church wardens, one dated 1675.

Carved stops and bosses at intersections, with carved figures in nave and aisles.

Seating, late C15 or early C16, with panelled bench ends, moulded rails, backs of five seats and five front desks carved with spandrils of foliage, fishes, birds, animals and grotesque faces.

Pulpit C17 on modern stand.

Fragments of C15

C16 glass in south window of chancel.

Front C15, plain octagonal bowl on modern base.

Brass indent to Thomas de Neusum 1301-1328

wall monument to Barnabas Oley, Vicar, d. 1685.

Tomb of Sarah, wife of Simon Mason, 1664.

Church clock, c.1480, chimes added 1683.