Description

SE 48 SE FELIXKIRK MAIN STREET
4/4 (west side)

20.6.66 Church of St Felix

II*

Church. C12-C13 nave and chancel, C15 tower, C19 south porch, apse restored and
rebuilt 1859-60 by W Dykes. Sandstone ashlar, graduated stone slate roof with ashlar
coping and lead roof to chancel. Nest tower, aisled nave with south porch, chancel
with apse. Two-stage embattled tower has diagonal buttresses with off-sets, C19
3-light window, 2-light bell stage, and rebuilt parapet. Nave: 2 bays. Norman west
window to south aisle, otherwise mainly C19 tracery in C13 style. Chancel: one bay
with 2-bay apse. Reset and recut Norman doorway flanked by single order of colonettes
to chancel. Re-used C13, 2-light windows to western bay of apse. String course.
Corbel table. Interior: round arcade piers of later C12 with square abaci, somewhat
restored, and C19 west responds, supporting early C13 double-chamfered pointed-arch
arcade. Chancel arch of circa 1125 with zig-zag and beakhead ornament resting on
triple responds with interlace capitals. Chancel: west bay has deeply-splayed
round-arched windows flanked by a single order of colonettes with cushion capitals
carrying a roll moulding. Tomb of William de Cantilupe (deceased 1309) has retooled
recumbent effigy of knight in cuspedrecess with crocketed gable. Early C14 recumbent
effigy of Eva, daughter of Sir Adam of Boltby.

Listing NGR: SE4679284760

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535713

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