Architectural Features
inside porch, bench table to left with medieval chamfered grave cover of Barningham family who held Sedbury until 1350 with cross, sword and shield with three muzzled bears rampant, bench table to right with several pre-Conquest carved stones including Anglian cross head, and medieval fragments
also the C14 south doorway of nave having double-chamfered continuously-moulded pointed arch with label.
South aisle: early C14
South clerestory: late C15
two-light east window, partly C14, with reticulated tracery
North clerestory: late C15, matching that to south.
Lean-to vestry: late C14
Interior: late C11 tower arch, semicircular, of even voussoirs and with simple imposts.
South arcade: three bays, early C14, of double-chamfered arches with labels on octagonal piers, with square bases.
Chancel arch: early C14
Chancel, north side: vestry doorway with pointed arch continuously moulded with roll, hollow and wave, label with carved animal and man on stops
South aisle: at east end, head of piscina, and C15 tomb recess with cusped gable with finial, containing grave cover with eight-armed fleury cross and sword.
In tower, font with circular basin set on four shafts with waterleaf capitals.
Nave has C15 roof.
C19 reading desk and pulpit.
Choir stalls: C19, richly carved, of misericord style.
![This black marble grave monument was originally place in the medieval north aisle of St Agatha's Church and has been reset upright in the west wall of the nave. It shows the knight in full plate armour and his lady in long gown and headdress, with a buck and a dog at their respective feet. The marginal Latin inscription, in Old English characters, runs round all four sides and reads as follows:
Hic jacet d[omi]ñ[u]s He[n]ricus Boyntõn myles ultim[us] heres de Sydbery isti[us] nõ[min]is et Essabella uxor ejus qui VII [die] Januarii obiit añ[n]o D[omi]ñi mocccccoxxxio quo[rum] añi[ma]b[us] p[ro]picietur Deus Ame[n].
"Here lies Lord Henry Boynton, a soldier, the last heir of Sedbury of that name, and Isabella his wife, who died the 7th day of January in the 1531st year of our Lord, to whose souls may the Lord be gracious, Amen."
For its location within the building, see [[6188212]].](https://storage.googleapis.com/natbase-94192.firebasestorage.app/observations/2B8bxkdFrRaNBKHKuJcfbhTowL22/1775992735460_6188224_d5cf5676.jpg)
Mounted in nave on north pier of tower arch: black marble monument with bas relief figures of Sir Henry Boynton and wife Isabella, died 1531, with marginal Latin inscription.
This black marble grave monument was originally place in the medieval north aisle of St Agatha's Church and has been reset upright in the west wall of the nave. It shows the knight in full plate armour and his lady in long gown and headdress, with a buck and a dog at their respective feet. The marginal Latin inscription, in Old English characters, runs round all four sides and reads as follows: Hic jacet d[omi]ñ[u]s He[n]ricus Boyntõn myles ultim[us] heres de Sydbery isti[us] nõ[min]is et Essabella uxor ejus qui VII [die] Januarii obiit añ[n]o D[omi]ñi mocccccoxxxio quo[rum] añi[ma]b[us] p[ro]picietur Deus Ame[n]. "Here lies Lord Henry Boynton, a soldier, the last heir of Sedbury of that name, and Isabella his wife, who died the 7th day of January in the 1531st year of our Lord, to whose souls may the Lord be gracious, Amen." For its location within the building, see [[6188212]].
In south aisle, wall monuments include marble tablets above recess to Matthew Raine, Vicar of Stanwick St John