Church Of St Felix

SE 48 SE FELIXKIRK MAIN STREET 4/4 (west side) 20.6.66 Church of St Felix

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Church. C12-C13 nave and chancel, C15 tower, C19 south porch, apse restored and rebuilt 1859-60 by W Dykes. Sandstone ashlar, graduated stone slate roof with ashlar coping and lead roof to chancel. Nest tower, aisled nave with south porch, chancel with apse. Two-stage embattled tower has diagonal buttresses with off-sets, C19 3-light window, 2-light bell stage, and rebuilt parapet. Nave: 2 bays. Norman west window to south aisle, otherwise mainly C19 tracery in C13 style. Chancel: one bay with 2-bay apse. Reset and recut Norman doorway flanked by single order of colonettes to chancel. Re-used C13, 2-light windows to western bay of apse. String course. Corbel table. Interior: round arcade piers of later C12 with square abaci, somewhat restored, and C19 west responds, supporting early C13 double-chamfered pointed-arch arcade. Chancel arch of circa 1125 with zig-zag and beakhead ornament resting on triple responds with interlace capitals. Chancel: west bay has deeply-splayed round-arched windows flanked by a single order of colonettes with cushion capitals carrying a roll moulding. Tomb of William de Cantilupe (deceased 1309) has retooled recumbent effigy of knight in cuspedrecess with crocketed gable. Early C14 recumbent effigy of Eva, daughter of Sir Adam of Boltby.

Listing NGR: SE4679284760