
The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland

Deconsecrated chapel
Deconsecrated chapel
The church comprises chancel, nave and S porch with a wooden bell turret over the W
end of the nave. The nave is 12thc., the chancel (originally 12thc.) was rebuilt in
the 13thc. The brick porch is modern. The nave has a 12thc. S doorway, plain apart
from a chamfered impost, and one of the original small, splayed 12thc. windows (now
blocked) survives in the N wall of the nave. Romanesque sculpture is found on the
exterior of the N doorway, and on the chancel arch. There are also some moulded
fragments at the W end of the nave. The nave and chancel walls are of coursed rubble
masonry with ashlar quoins, the W and S wall of the nave and the E wall of the
chancel are rendered. VCH records that the church was restored in 1888, the chancel
being shortened at this time.
Deconsecrated chapel
The chapel, which is now used as a storage shed, consists of an aisleless nave and chancel. The chancel was replaced in c.1500. It is the same width as the 12thc. nave. 12thc. sculpture is found on the blocked N doorway. The chapel is constructed of Totternhoe stone, ironstone and brick.
Deconsecrated chapel
The only Romanesque sculpture in the church is the S doorway.