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St Mary and Attached Wall and Railings

St Mary And Attached Wall And Railings

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

C15, on an earlier site.

Architectural Features

The last four bays to the east were an extension forming a chantry chapel given by Jankyn Smith between 1463 and 1473.

The west front is similar to that of the Cathedral of St James, Angel Hill (qv) with crocketed finials, a stepped gable to the nave and a 5-light transomed window

The battlemented C14 tower is flint-faced in three stages with stone string-courses in between.

Re-used C14 north doorway within the Nottyngham porch.

Large recumbent angel figures to the hammer-beams, thought to represent the procession at the Coronation of the Virgin.

Carved spandrels to the arched braces

wall plates with demi-angels

wall posts resting on corbels with carved figures.

The C14 wagon roof in the chancel has cusped panels with carved bosses and a painted cornice with angels carrying scrolls.

Against the south wall, his table tomb with a cadaver monument lying upon it.