St Stephen

Attached parish rooms complex to N. EXTERIOR A small church with evidence externally for phases from the late C11 or early C12 onwards

There is also considerable work of the C15

The chancel has a C19 Perpendicular style E window and two C15 windows and a C15 door in its N wall

The S chancel chapel E wall has two early C13 lancets with a C19 foiled roundel between them

there is a similar lancet in the chapel S wall, as well as two C15 windows and a C15 doorway

The S aisle has C15 style windows, heavily renewed, and the clerestory windows are similar

One bay of the former C12 N nave arcade is visible in the exterior N wall

A formerly blocked C15 doorway set within the arch has been re-opened to connect to a timber and glazed passage to the parish rooms of 1989-91, and was partially renewed at that time with new headstops

Above it is a small, late C11 or early C12 window with brick jambs and head

The other N windows are C15, as is the clerestory above it

The W wall of the N aisle, with a small, probably C12 window, survives and is incorporated into a C19 lean-to extension

The W end of the nave has two similar late C11 or early C12 windows flanking a good C15 W door and W window, and the brick quoins of the original unaisled C11 or early C12 nave are also visible

INTERIOR: Like the outside, the inside has good evidence for the development of the building from the late C11 or early C12

The lower part is C15, the rest is C19

The western three bays are C13 and have chamfered arches on polygonal piers with moulded capitals and bases

the eastern two bays are early C14 and have moulded capitals of a different form

Part of the former C12 N arcade is visible internally and above it is a late C11 or early C12 single splayed window discovered during C20 restoration work

Inserted in the early 1960s, it replaced a small, C15 arch and a squint, which is partially preserved

PRINCIPAL FIXTURES: Fine C15 octagonal font

its lower part has alternating shields and large demi-figures of angels

The stem has carved figures of saints and the Virgin in trefoiled niches

C13 double piscina in the S chapel

Pulpit probably C20 in an C18 style pulpit, with a sounding board and good staircase

Some good late C19 and early C20 glass

The brass eagle lectern is a recent copy of the Dunkeld lectern of c.1524, formerly in this church and now in a museum in Edinburgh

The chancel and the S chapel have C15 roofs

the spandrels of the braces are carved, and the E bay is panelled

The present building was built in the very late C11 or early C12 and was consecrated by Gilbert, bishop of Limerick c.1101-18

The N aisle was added in the late C12

the work is of similar character to the contemporary arcades at St Michael's. The S chapel and S aisle were added in the early C13, and the S arcade was partially rebuilt in the C14

There was considerable remodelling in the C15, when the belfry at the W end was added, the chancel remodelled and the N aisle apparently pulled down

It is possible, however, that the N aisle was demolished in the post-Reformation period and the C15 features set into the remains of the arcade were reset from the former aisle wall

The superb C16 Dunkeld lectern was discovered in 1750, buried in a tomb under the chancel floor