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Wing

Buckinghamshire

Originally Saxon C10 with nave, N. aisle, chancel and crypt surviving from this period. Probably built for Aelfgifa, sister-in-law to King Eadgar

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S. aisle rebuilt C14. C15 S. porch,W. tower and clerestory

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W. tower of 3 stages has battlemented parapet with carved gargoyles, angle buttresses, moulded plinth and 3-light traceried openings to bell-chamber

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Nave has 4-bay clerestory of 2-light traceried windows with flat heads, the W. bay having taller windows with depressed arches, and battlemented parapet with carved stone figures below

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Aisles have plain parapets with similar carved figures

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S. aisle has regular C15 traceried windows, 3 2-light to S., one to W., and 3-light to E. Irregular C15 2- and 3-light windows to N. aisle, with 3-light Perpendicular window over blocked C10 arch at E. end

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S. porch is more elaborate with crocketted finials, carved animal figures below parapet, and carved heraldic angels and foliage to spandrels

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W. bay has smaller C10 arches above main arcade, probably oncethe entrances to a W. gallery, one now blocked. 4tn bay to E. was altered C13, and has double chamfered arches. 4-centred arch to rood-loft in S. wall

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Fine C15 nave roof with moulded tie and cross beams,carved bosses, carved angel king-posts and alternately tall and short carved figure corbels

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Aisle roofs also C15 with moulded beams

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Chancel has C15 pillar piscina with semi-octagonal shaft

Chapel; glass by Kempe, 1901, in chancel Fittings: C15 octagonal font with quatrefoil panels containing instruments of the passion; early C17 pulpit with carved arcaded panels; Medieval chest; pews mostly C15-C16, restored; C15-C16 screens to S.

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Chapel and chancel, that to nave much restored,those to chapel with elaborate cusping; Medieval board and stud doors; panel of C14 glass in S.

Monuments: fine classical monument to Sir Robert Dormer 1552, consisting of sarcophagus carved with bucrania and swags, small brass inscription panels, and canopy with ornately moulded entablature on paired Corinthian columns; chancel has large wall monuments, one to Sir William Dormer and wife 1590 with recumbent effigies, the other to his son , Sir Robert, and wife, early C17, with kneeling figures, both monuments with kneeling children, elaborate surrounds and railings; marble wall tablet in nave to Anna Sophia Dormer 1694/5 with bust in niche and mourning putti; also marble tablet to Henry Fynes 1758 with carved putto unveiling urn; other late C17 and C18 wall tablets; brass to Thomas Cotes, 1648, porter of Ascott Hall