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1. Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
12thc. circular aisled nave with unlighted gallery and central ribbed dome on a lighted drum. To this is attached a rectangular two-bay aisled chancel, originally of the 13thc. The present appearance owes much to Salvin's restoration of 1841: particularly the chancel, the W doorway, the gallery capitals and the entire drum and dome of the nave, which replaced a 15thc. bell-storey. The church is built of ashlar.
2. St Mary Magdalene, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Originally the chapel of the Leper Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, now a chapel in the parish of Holy Cross
St Mary Magdalene is a rare example of a substantially complete 12thc. chapel, surviving on a most unlikely site on the busy Newmarket Road, alongside the disused Barnwell Junction railway station, and opposite Cambridge United football ground. It is a small, two-cell church with a square-ended ashlar chancel, originally vaulted, and a pebble nave with brick repairs. The outer angles of both nave and chancel have stone quoin shafts. The roof was renewed in the 15thc. The chapel fell into disrepair and when Cotman illustrated it in 1819 it was in use as a stable. Sir George Gilbert Scott restored it in 1867, and he was responsible for the main W window. 12thc. sculpture includes the lavish N and S doorways and nave and chancel windows, external and internal decorative friezes, the quoin shafts mentioned above, and the chancel arch.
3. Denny Abbey, Cambridgeshire, England

Benedictine Priory originally, now part of the Farmland Museum
What survives of the 12thc. work is the nave of two bays with a W doorway and a S aisle arcade, and the crossing with N and S transepts. In the 1340s, when the 12thc. church was converted into private apartments for the Countess of Pembroke, a floor was inserted just below the level of the crossing capitals and the crossing arches were blocked. At the same time the S aisle wall was removed and a new wall built further S, to convert the area into a guest range with an upper hall. The 12thc. work recorded here consists of the crossing arches, the W doorway, the S nave arcade, the windows of the nave and N transept, and an arch in the E wall of the N transept, presumably leading to a chancel aisle originally. Its counterpart in the S transept is largely obliterated by the insertion of a window during the farmhouse phase of the site's history, but its presence is attested by the N jamb and the outer relieving arch, both visible on the E face.
4. St John, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church (redundant)
12thc. nave, chancel and central tower. An elaborate N chapel was added to the chancel c1350, and the nave has a N aisle of c1450. Construction is of flint and pebble with brick repairs and some mortar render on the chancel. The S porch is of brick, and brick buttresses have been added to support the tower. The exterior N aisle wall includes 12thc. moulded fragments, none with sculpture. 12thc. features recorded here are the tower arches and the S doorway. The church has been disused since 1874 and was declared redundant in 1976.
5. Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England

Benedictine monastery originally, now Cathedral.
The church begun by Abbot Simeon in 1082 had a 13-bay aisled nave, four-bay aisled transepts, a crossing with a tower, and a four-bay aisled chancel terminating in an apse. At the W end was a second transept with E chapels and a second tower. A western Galilee porch was added in the 13thc. (1198–1215), and the chancel was extended to the E with a six-bay retrochoir, completed in 1252. In 1321 the Lady Chapel was added to the N of the choir, and a year later the crossing tower collapsed. The octagon, built to replace it, was completed by 1342, and in the same campaign the remaining bays of the 11thc. chancel were replaced. The only above-ground survivals of the original chancel are the two easternmost piers of its straight section. Elsewhere in the building, the N section of the W transept collapsed in the late 15thc., and the NW corner of the N transept in 1699. The former was merely consolidated, the latter rebuilt.
6. Ely Infirmary, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England

Monastic infirmary hall and chapel
The infirmary complex lies to the S of the cathedral, E of the E walk of the cloister, to which it was once connected by a vaulted passage known as the Dark Cloister. It consists of a nine-bay aisled hall running E–W, terminated by a stone screen at the E with a doorway or archway into the four-bay nave of the chapel. At the E end of this is a square-ended sanctuary vaulted in two bays. A doorway in the W bay of the chapel N nave aisle gave access to the monks' cemetery. Much of this survives, but it has been incorporated into later buildings. Except for the sanctuary of the chapel the roofs are gone, and the open passage remaining is now called Firmary Lane.
7. St Mary, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
St Mary's has a seven-bay aisled nave with arcades of c.1200, a 13thc. S chapel, and a 15thc. clerestorey. The chancel is 13thc. and the tower 14thc. with an octagonal ashlar spire. Construction is of roughly coursed stone. The nave has N and S doorways, the S giving access to a hexagonal meeting room, built in 1985 and extended in 1999, while the N, under a 14thc. porch, is an elaborate composition contemporary with the nave arcades.
8. St Edmund, Hauxton, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Hauxton has kept its 12thc. aisleless nave and chancel, and the chancel arch between them. The nave terminates at the E end with angle-rolled buttresses. The chancel had an apse originally but is now square-ended. Transepts were added to the nave, but have been removed. The W tower, with its tower arch, is plain Perpendicular. A storeroom has been added to the nave, approached from within through the completely plain N doorway. Construction is of flint and pebble rubble with render on the chancel. 12thc. carved features are the S doorway, one nave window, the chancel arch and possibly the font.
9. St Mary Magdalene, Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Architecturally, Ickleton is one of the most important Romanesque churches in the county. It was originally a cruciform church of c.1100 with aisleless chancel, aisled four-bay nave with clerestory, transepts and a central tower. The S aisle was widened (14thc.) to the width of the transept, and a chapel added to the N side of the chancel (15thc.), which was later removed although its entrance arch remains. The N transept has since been shortened to the width of the aisle. The original nave clerestory was very low, with windows above the apex of each arch. When the aisle roofs were raised, new windows were added at a higher level, but five rather than four, so that the clerestory is out of phase with the arcade. The chancel was rebuilt in the later Middle Ages, and again in 1882. The upper storey of the tower is 14-15thc., and it has a lead broach spire and a Sanctus bell. The church is constructed of flint and Sarsen pebbles. Restoration work following a deliberate fire in 1979 resulted in the discovery of a celebrated cycle of wall paintings from the 2nd half of the 12thc. decorates the N wall of the nave. Sculpture described here comprises the nave arcades, W crossing arch and W doorway.
10. St Nicholas, Kennett, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Nave with N aisle, aisleless 13thc. chancel with an added N vestry and Perpendicular W tower, all in flint and pebble rubble. The N nave arcade looks 14thc., but the aisle wall itself is c.1200 (windows), so the present arcade must replace an earlier aisled arrangement. The late-12thc. N doorway is protected by a porch.
11. All Saints, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
12thc. nave with later aisles. The nave is six bays long, and on the N side the Perpendicular arcade is indeed of six bays. The S aisle, raised above the level of the nave, is largely of c.1200 with chamfered round-headed arches and moulded capitals, but the arcade is only four bays long on the inside (bay 4 is Perpendicular). On the outside the aisle is seen to continue westwards for a fifth bay, which acts as a porch for the 12thc. S doorway. This still leaves one unaisled bay, and in this is a small, round-headed, 12thc. window. The chancel has a brick S chapel of c.1500, the North Chapel, built by the first Baron North who died in 1564, and whose tomb it houses. The W tower is Perpendicular, along with the clerestorey of the nave, and it is clear that a major remodelling took place around 1500. Apart from the North Chapel the construction is of flint and pebble with a good deal of render.
12. St Mary, Little Abington, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
11–12thc. aisleless nave and W tower with 13thc. chancel. A N transept was also added in the 13thc., partially obscuring an earlier window. Most of the tower is 14thc., along with the tower arch. There is no spire. Construction is of flint and pebble, the prominently pointed Victorian restorations being particularly noticeable here. There was a restoration in 1885 by J. P. St Aubyn, and a complete restoration of the exterior of the tower c.1990. Features recorded are the N and S nave doorways, N nave window and font.
13. St Leonard, Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Five-bay aisled nave with clerestorey and S doorway under a 15thc. porch, aisleless chancel with N vestry of 1900, W tower. The earliest parts are 12thc. (the lower storey of the tower). For the rest, the elaborate S doorway is early 13thc. in its structure but 12thc. in its decorative repertoire. This is described below, but such other early 13thc. features as the tower arch and nave arcades fall outside the scope of the CRSBI. The church is of mixed flint, pebble and stone, except for the N aisle, of brick, which was restored in 1912. Other restorations took place in 1897 and 1899.
14. Holy Trinity, Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Five-bay nave with 14–15thc. S aisle and S porch, aisleless 12thc. chancel with plain, round-headed windows (two on the N and one on the S) and W tower of c.1210–20. The tower and chancel are of rubble masonry with ashlar facings. The nave is of flint with the aisle and porch mortar rendered. There was a restoration in 1887 (datestone), which included the installation of a neo-Norman triplet in the chancel E wall, then in 1960 the top storey of the tower was comprehensively restored. In 1993 a church hall was added to the N, accessible from the church via the original N nave doorway. Features included are the N doorway, the tower arch and the tower windows.
15. All Saints, Milton, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
A church, which has seen some unusual changes over the years. Originally nave, chancel and W tower, and the chancel arch implies that nave and chancel may have been 11thc., although the chancel was rebuilt, except for its S wall, in 1847. There is a S aisle of the early 14thc. and a 19thc. N aisle, both of these extending for only three bays of a five-bay nave. The S wall has a clerestorey, the N wall does not. The bay to the W of the aisle on the S side has a 17thc. S porch, and projecting from that porch is a 19thc. porch. The outer opening of the 17thc. porch is thus the inner doorway of the 19thc. one, and Pevsner suspects that it may have been recut from a 12thc. doorway. The church is mortar rendered apart from the W tower, which is of stone rubble. There was a restoration in 1847, and more recently (c.1990) a church hall and office complex has been erected on the N side, extending from the chancel to midway along the nave aisle, with access to the church through the N nave doorway. Liturgically, the S aisle floor level has been raised with staging and an altar set up at the E end of it, facing diagonally across the nave with seating arranged in a quarter-circle around it. The chancel is redundant in this arrangement, and indeed it has been partially obscured by an impressive public address system. Fortunately all of this can easily be reversed. The S doorway is briefly described below, although it is substantially a post-medieval piece. Of more interest is the chancel arch.
16. St John the Baptist, Pampisford, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Nave with N aisle, chancel, W tower with Hertfordshire spike. Construction is of flint and pebble with ashlar facings. The 12thc. S nave doorway, protected by a porch, has a figural tympanum. Access has not yet been possible, but Pevsner reports a Norman font.
17. All Saints, Shepreth, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Nave with S aisle rebuilt in brick, rendered chancel and ashlar and flint W tower. Brick boiler house added to S nave aisle. The chancel was rebuilt in the early 17thc. after a fire, and again in 1777, and there was a restoration in 1870. Features described are the N nave doorway and the chancel arch.
18. Holy Cross, Stuntney, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
It is probably fairest to describe Holy Cross as a church of 1876 and 1900–02, built reusing some medieval features. It is on a tiny site with a churchyard no larger than the gardens of the nearby houses. Construction is of flint with a neo-Tudor W gable. The building has a nave and S aisle with a wooden arcade between, and an aisleless chancel with a S vestry. The saddleback-roofed tower rises from the angle between the chancel and the E end of the S aisle. The S nave doorway is a reused 12thc. piece, and its companion has been reused as the internal W tower arch. The N tower arch is broader but of a similar design, and must originally have been a chancel arch. The font, described as 12thc. by the VCH, is illustrated here but is surely 18thc. as Pevsner suggests.
19. St Peter, Wentworth, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
St Peter's is a small church with aisleless nave and chancel and a W tower with a pyramid roof. The nave has 12thc. N and S doorways, the S under a porch dating from 1868, when the nave was rebuilt. The chancel is 13thc. and the tower 14thc. Construction is of stone and pebble rubble. The nave has recently been converted into a church hall by screening it from the chancel and laying a tiled floor. Benches for the parishioners have been installed in the chancel, which already contained choir stalls and the organ. The nave doorways are described below, but the glory of the church is a 12thc relief of St Peter now set into the interior N chancel wall.