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St Mary

Architectural Features

C13 nave and aisles with later C13 chancel, C14 windows and W. tower, C15 clerestory, N. chapel and porches

Traces of another arcaded bay to W. Spandrels have C19 paintings of angels, with Christ in Glory over chancel arch

Intermediate principal rafters have carved wooden angels with outspread wings at base

Very fine C15 fittings include: octagonal stone font with quatrefoil panels, the cover renewed but retaining C15 carved wooden finial; splendid octagonal wooden pulpit partly restored, the side panels with small crocketted canopies, and tall sounding board with rib-vaulted soffit and upper tiers much enriched with blind tracery and finials; screen, partly restored and repainted, with open traceried panels and rood-loft on wooden fan vault to E.; choir stalls with traceried front panels and poppyhead bench ends, those against screen with carved misericords and arm-rests

Brasses to John Rufford and three wives 1540, to John Swynstede, priest, 1395, tablet to John Killingworth 1412, and brass rose, all in N. aisle

N. aisle is similar but has C15 window of 3 transomed and cusped lights in segmental head to N. of E. bay, and small light with 4-centred head in W. bay

Nave roof also has braces with carved figures of Apostles, and E. bay enriched with restored carved foliage bosses

Fine C15 roofs throughout, with moulded beams

Other fittings include a C17 table with turned balusters, 2 C17 chests and a C19 reredos of glazed tiles in traceried panels

Brass to Henry Brugis and wife 1647 in slab with Ionic pilasters in N. chapel

C15 rood screen restored C19

C17 brass

C15 misericords

C15 pulpit and sounding board

C15 stained glass of St James renovated C19