The Assumption Of St Mary

Early C14 West Tower

2 stages with angle buttresses, belfry offset and crenellated parapet on a hollow-moulded string containing carved fleurons.

Late C15/early C16 clerestory windows, each with 3 cinquefoil-headed lights beneath a four-centred arch

Interior: C14 five-bay arcades with double chamfered pointed arches, the outer chamfers terminating in carved heads, those on the south side probably C19, those on the north side, medieval

C15/C16 nave roof with brattished tie beams, each with a carved corbel on the soffit.

The tie beams are arch-braced, the braces springing from large wooden corbels carved as angels bearing shields

The steeply pitched C14 roof line is visible on the west wall.

C15/C16 chancel roof, restored, in a similar style to the nave roof except that the brackets spring from wooden shafts which stand on corbels.

a 4-centred arch with panelled and carved spandrels supports a Gothic-style gallery rail.

C19 stone font with clustered column base and cylindrical basin.

Parish chest inscribed "HINCKLEY TOWNE CHEST / AND / 1613 / NOVE / 4"

open work gallery rail surmounted by a crucifix and the flanking figures of Mary Mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

Adjacent to this door is a C19 octagonal pulpit with marble corner shafts and traceried sides.

Good quality C19 choir stalls, C19 altar rail and C19 reredos in a medieval style

traceried ogee headed niches containing carvings of Christ (centre) and the Apostles.

Monuments: brass of c.1490 to a civilian and one of his wives.

John Oneby, died 1622

Stained glass: East window of 1863 by Chance to a design by Sebastian Edwards

SP4293 : Assumption of St Mary, Hinckley - Stained glass window

© John Salmon