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St Mary

St Mary

Lockington

East Riding of Yorkshire

C12 nave, early C13 west tower (embraced) rebuilt in C17, early C14 chancel, C14 south nave chapel Ashlar, with brick to upper part of west tower, lead and tiled roofs.

Architectural Features

Mid C12 south door of 3 orders with nook-shafts.

The west side of the door-head is interrupted by a late medieval ogee-headed niche under a gablet.

INTERIOR: screen to west end c1893 by Temple Moore incorporating much earlier C17 and C18 panelling and woodwork.

Remains of a C12 chancel arch of 3 orders now rebuilt so that the zigzag runs up on the lines of the responds to form a rectangular opening into the chancel.

C18 pulpit, with readers desk and sounding board, all in raised and fielded panelling, reached by a short closed-string stair with turned vase balusters-and heavy moulded handrail.

South chapel: this was remodelled in 1634/5 as the Estoft family shrine.

Tomb to Mary Moyser died 1633: her effigy lies on its side above small effigies of her children and beneath a lengthy oval inscription flanked by Corinthian columns: pediment with figures of Truth, Charity and Justice.