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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Newton Solney CP

Derbyshire

Welsh slate roofs with decorative ridge tiles.

Architectural Features

The north side has re-set carved C12 chevron decoration.

To the north another buttress and a round arched doorway said to be Norman, but with its simple continuous roll moulding, more likely to be C17 or C18.

Interior: Three bay C14 arcades have octagonal piers and semi-octagonal responds.

Plain octagonal font, possibly C17.

Under the tower, the mid-C13 headless effigy of a knight .

Also under the tower a late C14 alabaster effigy of a knight and a monument to Sir Henry Every +1709, erected c1734.

Semi-reclining figure in Roman attire, originally with a pyramid behind.

Several C19 stained glass windows, the east, c1862, with quite strong dramatic line and modelling.