Chieveley, The Manor And Church c.1965

Photo ref: C443025

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This splendid setting shows off St Mary's alongside Chieveley Manor House, which is of red brick with a hipped roof. The church is unbuttressed, with a west tower and Perpendicular bell-stage and a very fine chancel all dating back to the 13th century. The east wall has three lancets with continuous roll mouldings outside and again inside, where the shafts have stiff-leaf capitals. In the roof is one tie- beam on arched braces with traceried spandrels, probably also supporting the lenten veil. Side walls have lancets. The nave is probably about 1873 by J W Hugall, and the font is octagonal, Perpendicular with quatrefoils. Blank arches and arabesques mark the Jacobean pulpit. One monument of note is the small tomb of Mrs Fincher, 1688, with its square brass plate in a stone surround of leathery or doughy forms of earlier years' influence, say of the 1650s.