Image ID: 14908

Interior view of St Mary's Church, Egmanton

Egmanton
England

The Church dedicated to St. Mary, was built initially in the early Norman period. A restoration was carried out c 1880's at the expense chiefly of the Duke of Newcastle, who rebuilt the chancel, and partly at that of the parishioners, who rebuilt the nave and aisle. The south door is of very plain Norman character, having an arched head of two orders, devoid of mouldings. Immediately inside is a good specimen of an old oak poor-box, beyond which is a stone font of a tapering cone shape, without ornament, corresponding in date to the doorway, probably dated at not later than 1075-1100. The door and font are the sole remains of the Norman church. An arcade of four early English arches divides the nave from the aisle, and the chancel arch is of the same period. The rood screen has been replaced, and the organ pipes now occupy a space over the south door. In the chancel is a double-arched piscina, with a centre shaft, but only one drain; on the floor of the other compartment is incised a small cross, possibly a consecration cross. St Mary's has a 15th century west tower and a 12th century north arcade.

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