St Mary - Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire - Medieval Churches on Waymarking.com

" The present church building dates back to 1150AD, with extensions and numerous periods of rebuilding and repairs, the last major scheme being in the 1860’s, where the whole building, from the clerestory upwards, was taken down and rebuilt. It was during the period that the medieval glass was removed. The only stained glass windows that we now have are late Victorian. The font dates back to 850AD.

Over the past 20 years, the nave and chancel roofs have been replaced, a new lighting scheme installed, external walls re-pointed, tracery windows repaired and a new set of 5 bells hung in the tower."

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"WALTHAM LAG LANE (West side) SK 72 SE Thorpe Arnold 6/395 Church of St Mary the 1.1.68 Virgin (formerly listed as Church of St Mary the Virgin) GV II* Parish Church. C13, altered C14. Clerestory added and N aisle probably rebuilt C15. Nave re-roofed, tower, S aisle, porch and chancel arch rebuilt 1875-76 by R W Johnson. Chancel restored 1887. Coursed squared ironstone and limestone with limestone dressings, Swithland slate roof to chancel and porch, plain-tile roof to tower and lead roofs to nave and aisles. Chancel, aisled nave, S porch and W tower. 2-bay chancel has 3-light E window with intersecting tracery, 2-light windows to N and S with Y tracery, all with hood moulds and label stops. 2-light window to SW with straight head and ogee-arched heads to lights. Priest's door to S with stop-chamfered stone lintel. Nave has 3-window clerestory of 2-light windows with Perpendicular tracery with straight heads to N, and basket- arched heads to S, all with hood moulds. N aisle has 3-light E window with C19 foiled tracery, 3-light window to NE and 2-light windows to N-W and W end, all with C19 Decorated-style tracery and hood moulds. N door has double hollow-chamfered doorway and hood mould. S aisle has 3-light E window with intersecting tracery, larger 3-light window to S-E with similar tracery, 2-light window to S-W with quatrefoil to head and 2-light W window with Y tracery, all with hood moulds and label stops. Double hollow- chamfered S doorway with hood moulds and label stops, and old double plank door with wrought-iron hinges. Porch of 1875: shafts to doorway and small rectangular windows E and W with chamfered stone surrounds. Tower has 3 stages and lancet W window to bottom stage with hood mould and 2-light bell- chamber openings with quatrefoil to heads and hood moulds. Deep triple- chamfered plinth, string courses, pyramidal roof with weathervane to apex and ball-flower ornament to hollow-chamfered stone eaves. Aisles have off- set buttresses to angles. Interior: Chancel has ogee-arched piscina and C19 arch-braced collar truss roof. Double-chamfered chancel arch with polygonal responds. Nave has 3- bay arcades with moulded octagonal bases and capitals, octagonal piers, polygonal responds and double-chamfered arches. Capital to S-E respond has carved head flanked by lions heads. Perpendicular-style roof with C15 corbels supporting wall posts. Narrow double-chamfered tower-arch with polygonal responds innermost. Single arched Piscina in N aisle. Piscina in S aisle with trefoiled niche above. Font: Norman, circular, tub-shaped, with knight fighting dragon and two foliated crosses; octagonal moulding to base of bowl low octagonal stem and chamfered plinth. Pitch-pine choir stalls and pews. Stain-glass E window, S-E aisle window and W window of S aisle 1876 by Heaton Butler and Bayne."

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Building Materials: Stone

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