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St Mary and the Holy Cross

St Mary And The Holy Cross

Alderminster CP

Warwickshire

C12 nave and C1200 crossing and transepts

Architectural Features

early C13 tower and chancel

steeply pitched old tile roof

south side similar, but with C14 straight-headed window and dial stone to one lancet

C15 parapet

C12 round-headed west light

South transept has C19 south lancets, C13 west lancet and partly original east lancet

Nave north side has mid C12 round-headed entrance of one order, tympanum inset with original wheel cross, in C19 gabled porch

early C12 light to east

C14 2-light window and two C19 lancets

INTERIOR: chancel has mid C13 piscina and blocked tower entrance to south side

FITTINGS: c1884 font by Preedy has relief scenes and figures of evangelists

c1661 font in porch

MONUMENTS: some C17 and C18 wall tablets, also one to James Kettle, d.1806, a Non-conformist minister. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 62