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St Mary (church Of England)

Meesden

Hertfordshire

Early C12 nave, short transepts or portici added (or renewed) in C13, chancel c.1300, S porch c.1530, transepts destroyed in C16

Architectural Features

Steep old red tile roofs

On N wall of chancel monument to Robert Younge of 1626 (restored and painted 1979) in the form of a fluted column shaft above a classical base interrupted by a circular niche with a bust

Exceptional survival of a glazed tile pavement c.1300 with a radial design surrounding the alter in dark green and yellow glaze on stamped patterns and circular, quatrefoil and cinquefoil shapes

A corner shield bears the Monchensey arms, the family which held the manor at the end of the C13

2-light C15 traceried S window and 2 C19 copies in N wall

E of windows are the 2-bay C13 arcades of church into the transepts

The C12 S doorway has plain square jambs, simple grooved and hollow chamfered abaci and a round arch

It appears to have been reset in C16 brick work when porch was added

C14 W doorway in Barnack stone with pointed arch

Splendid elaborate early C16 red brick S porch with hollow chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses with trefoil headed niches in each face and octagonal corner turrets with finials

Font with panelled sides C17.

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