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I Location

II General Description

Church consists of W tower and nave of the 13thc. and a S arcade of 14thc. date. The vestry may be of the 15thc. based on the window form; the chancel dates from the 1863 renovation by Edward Trollope, rector here from 1843-93. The S porch may be of the 19thc. as well. The W doorway of the W tower dates to c. 1200. There are also three reset 12thc. fragments in the vestry and one in the nave's N wall.

III Exterior Features

1. Doorways

(i) W doorway, W tower

Round-headed, three orders.

First order: continuous with an angle roll in hollow.

Second order: on the L, attic bases with the upper torus divided horizontally by a quirk; detached, en delit shaft is extremely weathered. The necking on the waterleaf capitals is chamfered top and bottom with a flat face. On the R, base as in third order on L with the angle spur; den delit en delit shaft severely weathered in upper portion. Necking of capital is gone. Foliate capital with upright, fluted, scalloped leaves at angles and spaces between. Imposts have a roll, deep hollow, and roll with quirk above on face. In the arch there is a hollow in soffit, angle keel mould, hollow on face. Between the second and third order, L and R, there is a coursed, fat, roll in a hollow.

Third order: on the L, same as in second order on L but base has an angle spur. On the R, the base and shaft as on second order, L side. Capital same as second order, R side, but enough necking remains here to show that it is of the same type as on the L side capitals. Impost is continuous with second order. In the arch there is a roll in hollow on soffit, angle keel mould, and a roll in hollow on face. After the third order, L and R, there is another coursed, fat, roll in a hollow at the angle where the doorway meets the exterior wall. The label has a small roll, hollow, and a large roll mould on top.

Dimensions

IV Interior Features

5. Interior Decoration

c. Miscellaneous

(i) Reset chevron fragment

Set into the W wall of the vestry 1.10 m from juncture with the N wall and 3.14 m above floor level. It is a single block of stone carved with a chevron roll in hollow on face.

Dimensions

(ii) Reset chevron fragment

Set into same wall as (i) but 1.91 m from juncture with N wall and 2.16 m above floor level. It is a single block of stone carved with two nested chevron rolls, one large and one small.

Dimensions

(iii) Reset chevron fragment

Set into same wall as (i) but 1.07 m from juncture with N wall and 2.16 m above floor level. It is a single block of stone carved with one large chevron roll.

Dimensions

(iv) Reset chevron fragment

Set into a niche in the N wall of the nave 4.60 m from the juncture with nave W wall and 1.25 m above floor level. It is a single voussoir carved with a chevron roll in hollow and below this a hollow chevron.

Dimensions

VII History

There is no mention of a church here in 1086 but D. Owen cites a Peterborough Dean and Chapter MS (#23) that records the foundation of an independent chapel in the 12thc. at 'Roxholme in Leasingham ' Whether or not this chapel was on the same site as the present day church is not known.

VIII Comments/Opinions

The W doorway probably dates to c.1200. The imposts of the doorway extend to the L and R all the way to the tower setback buttresses. They are made of separate pieces of stone from the capitals below or the arches above them The deeply undercut hollow is similar to that in the 13thc. string courses on the upper stages of the tower; the imposts may be later insertions into the doorway. The W window in the vestry is Perpendicular and may provide the date for the wall into which are reset fragments IV.5.C. i-iv as well as an Anglo-Saxon interlace fragment.

IX Bibliography