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St Mary Magdalen

St Mary Magdalen

Castle Ashby

Northamptonshire

C14 and C15 with older origins

Architectural Features

Many-moulded north doorway with ridged plank door, in 2-storey porch with re-set late Norman/Transitional doorway with 3 orders of shafts, stylized leaf capitals, and round-headed arch with hollow-chamfer decorated with dog-tooth lozenges and zigzag

South-aisle has restored C15 roof with moulded cambered ties and stop-moulded rafters

Plain, octagonal font

C17 hexagonal pulpit on stem with decorative panelling to sides and elaborate tester with openwork cupola and group of finials

Stain-glass east window to north chapel by Lady Marian Alford, before 1888

Fine late C19 stain-glass windows to chancel

Monuments: effigy in Purbeck marble of cross-legged knight on tapering coffin lid

Brass to William Ermyn, rector, d.1401

almost life-size and with small figures of saints on the orphreys

Monument to lst Marquis of Northampton d.1827 by E. Blore in form of low reredos to north chapel with central foiled recess framing inscription panel flanked by blank arches with Decorated tracery

Wall monument to Margaret wife of 2nd Marquis who died 1830 signed Pietro Tenerani di Carrara/Facem in Roma Nel 1836

Monument to Spencer 2nd Marquis, d.1851 at west end of nave

over life-size seated angel with the trumpet of the Last Judgement on his lap-Carrare marble, on veined grey marble plinth on base of granite and black marble

Tomb recess with monument to Lady Margaret Leveson-Gower designed by Gillet of Leicester/framing recumbant effigy by Marochetti with angel in shallow relief behind, both in statuary marble.