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St Faith

St Faith

Kelstern

Lincolnshire

C14, C16, chancel rebuilt 1886.

Architectural Features

The north wall of the nave has a 3 light C14 window with cusped ogee heads to the lights, quatrefoils and double chamfered surround and east of the porch is a similar window.

The gabled north porch has a C19 outer arch with collared shafts to the responds and single chamfered arched surround, side benches and an inner doorway with C14 chamfered reveals and C19 moulded head.

Further east in the north wall is a C16 3 light window, cusped heads to the lights and bold concave chamfered surround.

The south wall of the nave has 3 C16 windows matching that on the north side.

All fittings are C19 apart from the C14 plain octagonal font which is supported on a base of engaged clustered shafts,

the 6 C16 bench ends at the west end of the nave which have pointed arched tops, and carvings of blank arcading, embattled brattishing and on one panel a scene of Reynard the Fox with a goose in his mouth, against a stippled ground.

In the nave are 3 windows with stained glass by Sir Nicholas Comper to commemorate members of the Sleight family of Binbrook Hall.

Monuments.

In the south wall of the nave a distinctive alabaster wall monument to Elizabeth, wife of Sir Francis South of Kelstern, d. 1604.

In the north wall of the nave a wall tablet to Ann South, d. 1620, supported on classical head brackets, plain rectangular surround, with a cornice and cartouche above containing coat of arms, flanked by shields.