Church Of St Mary The Virgin

SK 71 NE FREEBY MAIN STREET

Wyfordby (south side) 5/40 Church of St.Mary the Virgin 1.1.68

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Parish church. C13 and C14. Restored 1869. Further restored, 1965. Coursed and squared ironstone with limestone ashlar dressings and lead and slate roofs. Coped gables with gabled kneelers. West tower, nave with clerestory, north and south aisles, chancel. West tower, C13, 3 stages, has double chamfered plinth, 3 string courses, chamfered eaves with 4 gargoyles, crenellated parapet and 4 pinnacles. First stage has to south and west a single chamfered lancet. Second stage has no openings. Bell stage has 4 cusped double lancet bell openings with hood moulds. Clerestory, 3 bays, has on each side, 3 late C14 untraceried ogee double lancets with flat heads and hood moulds. North aisle, 2 bays, has to north an off-centre chamfered C13 doorway with hood mould, restored, flanked by single late C14 ogee Decorated lancets with flat heads. East end has mid C19 ogee Decorated triple lancet with reticulated tracery. All the north aisle windows have hood moulds and stops. South aisle, 3 bays, has unusual reticulated round headed triple lancet at east end. South side has an off-centre C19 doorway. chamfered and with moulded imposts, flanked by single C19 double lancets. All openings have hood moulds and stops. Chancel, 2 bays, has to north, 2 Decorated double lancets. East end has mid C19 reticulated triple lancet. South side has 2 C19 Decorated double lancets. All these windows have hood moulds and stops. Interior has double chamfered and rebated dying tower arch, C13. Tower chamber west window has C19 stained glass. North arcade, 3 bays, has octagonal piers and responds with water holding bases. C13 south arcade has round piers with keeled responds. Both arcades have double chamfered and rebated arches. C19 low pitched roof with arch braces and wall shafts on large foliate corbels. North aisle has to east a rebated aumbry. South aisle east end has a C13 cusped, chamfered piscina. Both aisles have C19 stop chamfered plain roofs. Chancel has late C13 double chamfered and rebated arch with conical imposts, and chamfered sill band. North side has to east, a rebated square aumbry. East end has stained glass memorial window c.1918. South side has to east a large cusped, chamfered C13 piscina. C19 principal rafter roof with arch braces and traceried spandrels. Fittings include octagonal late C14 font with cusped arcaded bowl and corner shafts. Softwood stalls and benches, octagonal oak pulpit on ashlar base, and wooden lectern, all mid C19. 7 restored pendant oil lamps. Memorials include a marble and slate war memorial tablet, 1919, and a cross, 1907.

Listing NGR: SK7934818936