| Summary : Mainly 13th-15th century, restored and chancel rebuilt 1878 by R. Reynolds Rowe of Cambridge. Granite rubble stone with stone dressings and part battlemented, part Swithland slate roof. Stone coped gables, some with cross finials. Plan of West tower, nave, aisles, chancel, North organ chamber and North porch. The round Norman font may indicate an earlier foundation. |
More information : (SK 58601265) St. Mary's Church (C of E) (NAT) (1)
SK 51 SE CHURCH STREET (East End)
6/103
1.6.66 Church of St. Mary the Virgin
and St. John the Baptist
GV II*
Church. C13-C15, restored and chancel rebuilt 1878. 1878 restoration
by R. Reynolds Rowe of Cambridge. Granite rubble stone with stone
dressings and part battlemented, part Swithland slate roof. Stone
coped gables, some with cross finials. W tower, nave, aisles,
chancel, N organ chamber and N porch. Perp W tower of 3 stages with
clasping buttresses becoming polygonal at second stage, and angle at
third stage. W doorway with traceried spandrels. 3-light W window
with stained glass of 1879. Clock face, quatrefoil and 1-light
windows at second stage. Four 2-light bell openings, quartrefoiled
lozenge frieze and battlements. Tall nave arch with deeply hollowed
mouldings on semi-circular responds. 4 1/2 bay N arcade of C13, with
unchamfered arches of one step on circular piers. Four bay S arcade
with double chamfered arches on octagonal piers. Perp clerestorey
with 4 3-light windows on either side. Restored 6 bay low-pitch tie
beam roof, the tie beams original and with carved bosses. C14 N aisle
the four windows with renewed Reticulated tracery, three filled with
C19 stained glass. NE window with Intersected tracery opens into C19
N organ chamber.
N door and porch. Double chamfered chancel arch on polygonal
responds. Chancel has polygonal bearded roof and most of the windows
filled with later C19 stained glass. C14 S aisle, the windows with
renewed Curvilinear tracery, and the SE with stained glass of 1897.
Piscina with cusped niche. Small S door, and larger S door. Fine
series of monuments. Tombe-chest with incised lid to Bartholomew
Kyngston, died 1486, and wife. On front are inscribed Kingston's Will
and coat of arms. Incised slab is Robert Vincent and two wives,
c1530. Tomb-chest with incised lid to Humfrey Babington, died 1549,
and wife. Hanging monument with many small figures to Thomas
Babington, died 1567, and wife. Panel from C16 monument with two
mermaids holding coat of arms of Kyngston impaling Skeffington. Wall
monument to Anne Babington, died 1648, in alabaster with black and
red marble, showing within an oval niche the busts of both Anne and
her husband Mathew Babington : attributed to Edward Marshall. C19
wall monument, oak choir stalls and brass lectern. Round Norman font,
with pattern of concentric lozenges, on C19 short shafts. Chancel
screen, Perp, with 1-light divisions, ogee arches decorated with
foliage. Said dated 1520 in Kelly's Leicestershire, Rutland,
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1881, where also tower dated 1425.
White's Leicestershire and Rutland, 1877, and Pevsner. (2)
|