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St Edmund Or St James

Blunham

Bedfordshire

C12 to C16, with C19 work

Architectural Features

Chancel: rebuilt C13, has C19 3-light E window

C15 clerestory, with 3 3-light windows each side

N wall has pointed arch to W, blocked C14 window to E. S wall has 2 early C14 2- light windows, beneath E one a late C13 triple sedilia, under W one a C19 doorway

Doorway and late C15 stone screen onto S chapel

N chapel: C15, with 4-light N window and plain niche to E wall

S chapel: C15, with 5-light E window

Nave: C15, with 3-bay arcades to N and S. Clerestory, probably later C15, has 3 2-light windows each side

N aisle: C15 4-light W window under pointed arch

N doorway with 4-centred head, and 2 4-light windows to E of that, all late C15

S porch: later C15, reaching to churchyard boundary, with archways to W and E. Plain parapet to chancel, embattled parapets to nave, aisles and chapels

Early C12, largely rebuilt C16

Blocked C12 round-headed window to N, and C12 round-headed arch onto nave with alternate voussoirs of limestone and ironstone

Interior: C15 plain octagonal font. circa 1340 recessed tomb in chancel, with cinquefoiled ogee arched canopy and large foliate finial

Brass in nave floor to Richard Maulaye, mercer, d.1506, and wife Alice

Various late C17 and C18 tombs to Bromsall family

Chancel has wall monument to Godfrey Thornton, d.1805, by J Bacon jnr, with tablet surmounted by obelisk and urn

Also in chancel is wall monument to Frances Thornton, d.1862, by Samuel Manning jnr, with kneeling woman by urn on pedestal

Chancel retains late C15 roof with carved bosses, including chained bear, griffin, and kneeling priest

C17 pulpit, with 2 tiers of arched panels

Tower arch retains C17 oak screen

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