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St Mary

St Mary

Fawsley

Northamptonshire

C13, C14, C16, chancel rebuilt 1690

Architectural Features

South porch has double-chamfered door with hood-mould, small 2-light pointed arch east window, chamfered plinth, coped gable and tile roof

Interior: chancel has stained glass east window of 1866, and in side windows C16 and C17 painted glass squares and roundels of continental origin, and also armorial panels

Stone chequer floor with inset black marble tomb slabs and 2 C16 Purbeck marble slabs with brasses

Late C18 box pews incorporating C16 linenfold and tracery panels, other panels with Renaissance profile heads and figurative scenes

C16 style hall pew in south aisle with tracery panels and linenfold

C16 painted glass panels in aisle windows

In glass case in north-west aisle window painted wood Commandments made to resemble open bible, hatchments and painted Hanoverian Royal Arms in tower

Outstanding series of brasses, wall monuments and tomb chest with effigies to members of Knightley family C16-C19. (Buildings of England: Northants, p.213-4).