The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
St Medard (now)
Parish church
St. Medard’s has one of the most outstanding 12thc doorways of the county and is the only church in the country dedicated to this 6th century saint. There is some Anglo-Saxon long-and-short work in the nave but the majority of the church is 12thc and 13thc. The lower section of W tower is 12thc, the bell-stage is 13thc, and the spire is 14thc/15thc Perpendicular. The 12thc nave has a three-bay S aisle of the early 13thc which goes along with the S porch. The chancel arch is 13thc but the rest of the chancel looks like 12thc masonry. The Romanesque work recorded here consists of the window and Priest’s doorway in the chancel, the N doorway of the nave, and the W tower arch.