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St Oswald

St Oswald

Crowle

Lincolnshire

C12 nave south and west walls and doorway, chancel north wall

Architectural Features

C13 chancel arch, lower section of tower, and responds and portions of outer arches of north arcade

C14-C15 nave south windows

C15 north aisle, clerestory and upper stage of tower

C15-C16 arch to north chapel.

pointed 2-light west window with central mullion missing, moulded reveal with 2 keeled orders, the outer shafted, and an inner hollow-moulded surround with carved fleurons

Nave: south side has C15-C16 square-headed 3-light window with partly restored Perpendicular tracery, and pair of pointed 3-light Perpendicular traceried windows, that to right restored, that to left a C19 copy.

Above, a complete C12 corbel table with carved heads, etc, much worn.

moulded string course with 2 gargoyles to south, 3 to north, coped parapet with restored pinnacle to north-east angle, stump of pinnacle to centre north, remainder truncated.

fine C12 inner round arch of 4 orders, the inner 3 shafted, with capitals bearing scalloped, spiral and carved roundel ornament, and the arch with incised lattice moulding to the outer order, another with chevrons and various pellets (some with faces), and 2 roll- moulded orders.

C17 double doors with moulded ribs and iron studs, some diamond-headed.

Tall narrow round-headed C12 tower arch (former nave west door) with heavy lintel at impost level and incised lattice decoration to tympanum on west side

C17 door with trefoiled panels and iron studs.

Above, to west, is an exposed section of a C12 round-headed window arch.

Important fragment of decorated Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft or monument, reset in west bay of nave arcade.

Coarsely-carved, with interlace to east side, bold interlaced serpents to north face, and complex south face with a pair of flying dragons and sun-wheel above 2 figures in profile addressing each other, and a figure on horseback with a sack (?) behind, and a runic inscription below, probably translatable as LIC BAECUN, "memorial stone".

Small inscribed brass wall plate on south side of nave to Stovin children of c1784.

C19 carved octagonal font, late C19 stained glass to nave and north aisle.