St Catherine

Circa 1500 West Tower.

Circa 1560 North Chapel and widening of Chancel to south in brick.

Roofs of plain red tiles.

South wall with stone corbel table, two buttresses, two C16 four light windows with transoms under square heads with labels.

Three C15 two light windows with tracery under a two centred head.

C15 south doorway with moulded and shafted jambs, the shafts with crenellated capitals.

Nave north wall, two C15 windows similar to those in south wall, one partly blocked by north chapel.

North eastern stone dressed brick buttress with painted star emblem over, the mullet of the De Vere Family who founded a church here c.1190, possibly original.

Eastern C16 window of four lights with transom under a square head and label.

Off centre C16 brick doorway with moulded four centred arch in a square head with moulded label.

Five cant roof with carved bosses and crenellated wall plate.

Crenellated tie beam resting on crenellated corbels with carved heads.

North wall with a mid C16 arcade of two bays with four-centred arches, piers with moulded capitals and bases.

C15 two-centred Chancel arch of two moulded orders.

Moulded label to west face with carved stops of angels with shields, a Raven for Rolf and a chevron with three scallops for Hawkwood.

Altar tomb against south wall to Thomas Rolf 1440 with brass figure in robes of a Sergeant-at-Law and Latin inscription.

Crenellated and carved panelling with foliate swags and grotesque heads and urns, beneath which is linenfold panelling to north and south choir- stalls.

Three wall hatchments.

C19/C20 stained glass windows, that to east window by Clayton and Bell 1880.

North Chapel also known as Wentworth Chapel, built by Sir John Wentworth, whose altar tomb between the chapel and chancel altars is of Purbeck marble with moulded base and slab and fragments of brass inscription.

There is also an altar tomb of Purbeck marble to Sir Hugh Rich 1554 with moulded and panelled plinth, moulded slab with remains of brass inscription, shields, panelling and tracery to side slabs.

Circa 1980 stained glass to east window.

Flat roof with square panels, curved braces with carved spandrels to tie beams.

Four hatchments to walls.

The north wall contains a fine large marble monument to John and Anne Knight by Rysbrack, raised centre-piece with a man to left dressed in Roman costume leaning on an inscribed urn whilst his wife in similar robes reclines toward him from the right.

The west bay with a moulded and crenellated tie beam with moulded arched braces and traceried spandrels, this is probably the re-used head of the former rood screen and was possibly supported by the buttress above the pulpit.

Windows stained glass with some early fragments in north window.

Octagonal C18 panelled pulpit with fret decoration on octagonal stem.

Octagonal font with quatrefoiled panelling to bowl and cusped two centre arches to stem.

Stained glass to window.

Potter, Norwich 1420.

Miles Graye, Colchester 1637.