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St Mary and the Holy Host of Heaven

St Mary And The Holy Host Of Heaven

Cheveley

Cambridgeshire

Early C14, cruciform plan, upper stage of tower and belfry stair turret late C14, early C15.

Architectural Features

South porch C15.

Plain tile gable parapetted roofs.

fine early C14 crossing with three attached columns to each jamb with deeply moulded capitals and bases

Nave, transepts, and chancel roofs C15, possibly partly restored, with embattled decoration, pierced spandrels to tie beams, and carved angels in each bay to chancel.

Crossing piers with carved brackets for statues or candles, late C14.

TL6860 : St Mary & the Holy Host of Heaven, Cheveley - Font

Font, octagonal C15 with painted panels.

TL6860 : St Mary & the Holy Host of Heaven, Cheveley - Font

© John Salmon

Screen late C14 or early C15 restored with single traceried lights, centre doorway ogee-headed.

Monuments, in chancel to Symon Folkes, d. 1642, kneeling figure with columns and open pediment, in north transept to Martin Folkes, d. 1828, by Parkinson, Newmarket.

TL6860 : St Mary & the Holy Host of Heaven, Cheveley - Stained glass window

Stained glass in chancel by Kempe.

TL6860 : St Mary & the Holy Host of Heaven, Cheveley - Stained glass window

© John Salmon