St Mary

The two stage C14 ashlar tower has bell moulded plinth, double chamfered string course, battlemented parapet with corner grotesque clasping buttresses, recessed octagonal spire with two sets of alternating lucarnes with finial gables and steeply pointed cinquefoil openings.

The west window is of two lights with C19 tracery and C14 hood.

The coursed limestone rubble north aisle has C19 three light window, late C12 doorway with semi-circular chevron moulded head, plain outer order on angle shafts with debased waterleaf imposts and hood mould.

To the east a C15 window with trefoil heads to the lights and triangular head.

C19 vestry cusped, single and paired lights and Tudor arched north doorway.

The chancel east window has C19 tracery in three lights with C15 moulded surround.

South wall has two C15 two light windows with ogee heads to the lights, panel tracery, four centred heads and hoods.

South wall of nave has single three light and two light windows, flat heads, ogee heads to lights and hood moulds, and beyond the porch a three light C15 window with cusped heads to lights, panel tracery, triangular head and C18 wall plaque.

C14 gabled porch with pointed outer doorway, concave moulded arch and reveals.

In porch an Anglo Saxon cross shaft with interlace and a C12 muzzled bear's head built into wall.

The south door is late C11, tall, semi-circular headed, of two plain orders and hood with shallow cable moulded imposts.

The hood mould has finely carved C14 heads, it possibly lead to an original chantry chapel.

The late C11 chancel arch is a single narrow semi-circular headed square order with billet and fluted moulded imposts.

In the chancel north wall a double chamfered C15 four centred arch leads to the vestry.

Stained glass in south nave window by Kempe, 1903.

C19 other fittings including carved wood beam and crucifixion.

C13 tub font with trefoil headed blank arcade, alternating trefoils and quatrefoils in the tympanum, an octagonal base.

13th century "tub" font at the west end of the nave.

© Bob Harvey

Behind is an oak cabinet made from a C15 square pew containing the arms of the family of de le Launde of North Witham.

Monuments.

In the chancel floor a brass inscription and base of brass figure to William Miskerton, d,1425,

a plaque to Thomas Jackson, d. 1697.

In chancel north wall an alabaster slab with cross fleury and black letter inscription, c.1430, in tomb recess.

Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe d. 1668.

In the south chancel wall an inscribed brass plate in moulded stone surround to Roland Sherard, d,1592.

Above a wall monument to Elizabeth Sherard, d. 1658, by Marshall of London.

In an arched recess a large standing white marble monument to Sir Brownlow Sherard of Lobthorpe d. 1736 by F. Sharpe of Stamford.

In the tower a white marble wall monument to Sir Richard Sherard, d. 1730, by Stanton and Horsnail.