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St Mary Magdalene

St Mary Magdalene

Gedney

Lincolnshire

C15 parapet with corbel table and remains of 2 gargoyles to each side with lower frieze of cusped lozenges.

Architectural Features

The west and south sides have at the second stage single late C13 pointed arched lancets with dogtooth hood moulds and human head label stops.

5 bay late C13 blind arcading to the west, south and north sides, arches supported on colonnettes, some capitals with stiff leaf decoration.

Above, to all sides, are single pairs of late C13 Y traceried blocked openings, colonnettes with shaft rings alternate with jambs of dogtooth.

Each side of the C15 bell chamber with single pair of 2 light arched openings, each with single transom with single pair of arched and cusped lights above and below the transom, cusped panel tracery and ogee hood moulds.

The west wall of the north aisle has a single C17 arched 3 light window with tracery and hood mould.

The north wall has a single C14 arched 3 light window with cusped flowing tracery and hood mould.

Further left are 2 similar C14 windows with hood moulds and on the far left 2 early C14 arched 3 light windows with cusped intersecting tracery, hood moulds and label stops.

The east wall has a single C14 arched 5 light window with cusped flowing tracery and hood mould.

The C15 clerestory has twelve 4 centred arched 3 light windows with cusped panel tracery.

There are 2 corner gargoyles.

North chancel has 3 early C14 arched 3 light windows with cusped intersecting tracery, hood moulds and label stops.

The north wall with 3 arched and cusped lights under a flat arch and with Tudor style hood mould.

The east chancel has a single large C14 arched 5 light window with reticulated tracery, hood mould and label stops.

The south chancel has 3 restored early C14 arched 3 light windows with cusped intersecting tracery, hood mould and label stops.

To the far left is a single 2 light C15 window with cusped tracery under a flat arch and with moulded hood.

The east wall of the south aisle has a single C14 arched 5 light window with cusped flowing tracery, the mullions and jambs with moulded imposts.

The south wall has 2 restored early C14 arched 3 light windows with cusped intersecting tracery, hood mould and label stops.

To the left are 2 C14 arched 3 light windows with cusped flowing tracery, hood moulds and label stops.

Further left is the 2 storey C14 diagonally buttressed porch with moulded arched entrance and 2 orders of engaged colonnetts with moulded capitals.

Over is a single C14 pointed segmental arched 2 light window with cusped tracery, hood mould and label stops.

The east wall of the top storey has a single C14 window under a flat arch with 3 arched and cupsed lights, the west wall with single similar 2 light window.

The west wall with C14 ogee arched doorway, hood mould

C17 plank door.

Moulded arched south doorway with C14 double chamfered jambs, C19 moulded arch and C19 hood mould.

C14 wooden door with deep chamfered buttresses decorated with pellets, raised inscription.

To the left of the porch and in the west wall of the south aisle are single arched 3 light C14 windows with cusped flowing tracery, hoodmoulds and label stops.

6 bay C14 nave arcades with octagonal columns and responds.

Tall triple chamfered C13 tower arch supported on triple circular responds with dogtooth capitals, and hood mould.

Above is a further C14 former roof line.

The clerestory windows are flanked by single engaged octagonal colonnettes supported on carved heads and supporting the C15 roof of tie beams on arched braces alternating with arched braces supporting principals.

Early C18 panelled and pilastered pulpit further decorated with carved cherubs heads.

TF4024 : Gedney, St. Mary's Church: The font (detail)

Heavily restored octagonal font, the base dated 1664.

TF4024 : Gedney, St. Mary's Church: The font (detail)

© Michael Garlick

Some C16 seating in choir, some C15 poppyheads.

Remains of C13 pedestal piscina, the capitals decorated with stiff leaf.

Remains of C15 altar rails with open cusped tracery further decorated with foliate.

C17 altar table.

Substantial remains of C14 glass in the east window of the north aisle and some further north and south aisle windows.

Memorials.

Remains of C14 ashlar coffin.

Early C15 brass of a lady with a dog at her feet.

C15 ashlar tomb chest the sides decorated with quatrefoil panels

shields, over is a truncated C13 torso lying on chamfered slab, the surround decorated with wispy stiff leaf.

Fine coloured gilt and alabaster memorial to Adlard Welby and his wife Cassandra, erected 1605.

Comprising 2 kneeling figures in contemporary dress set into arches with keystones supported on panelled reveal and pilasters.

2 memorials on the east wall of the south aisle with decorative surrounds, that on the right to Adlard Welbye, 1728 has a coloured shield on the apron.

Further memorial to Edward Whitley, 1761, this has a decorative surround to the inscription plaque with coloured cartouche on the apron.

Early C19 memorial to Mary Anne Millington by Kent of Boston.