Church Of St Mary

TG 23 SE ANTINGHAM CHURCH LANE

7/20 Church of St.Mary 4:10:60

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Parish church. Medieval and later. Flint with stone dressings; tiled roof. West tower, nave, continuous chancel, south porch. C14 Embattled 2 stage tower with diagonal buttresses to west. 3-light Decorated reticulated west window; slit openings to ringing chamber; 2-light Perpendicular bell- openings with panel tracery. Buttressed nave of 3 bays. Earlier, shallower pitched roof line visible on south west and north west corners. 2 3-light Decorated windows with cusped reticulated tracery of early C14 to south. To north a doorway then 2 similar C14 windows. Buttressed chancel with one similar C14 window each to north and south. To north a priest's doorway of brick under hood mould. Porch of 1864 restoration to first nave bay. Nave doorway with hood mould. Simple arched niche above with remains of red paint. Interior. Medieval arch-braced roof, embattled wall-plate, simple ashlaring. Tower arch with octagonal shafts. No architectural marking of chancel. Chancel roof perhaps of C17 has straight braces curved to form continuous arch with collars; probably replacing earlier braces. C13 octagonal font on shafts. Memorial brass of 1562 to man with 19 children.

Listing NGR: TG2525732840