Sunday 9 September 2018

Mundford, Norfolk

A seriously bizarre SW tower lends St Leonard, locked, keyholder listed, a certain charm but not enough to induce me to seek out the keyholders address, which may have been a mistake, given the Comper chancel. Having searched Flickr contacts I'm not so sure that I missed much.

ST LEONARD. Nave and chancel and a tower in a SW position, outside the nave. The chancel is E.E., see the three stepped lancet windows in the E wall, with fine outer concave quadrant mouldings, and the piscina inside. The chancel arch seems to be Perp. The nave is Dec - see the windows. The S porch of flint and brick is probably of the C17. The tower is of 1854 and has a saddleback roof with a little fléche. - FONT. Octagonal, Perp, with a foot opening out towards the bowl and three demi-figures of angels sticking out from it. - BENCH ENDS. Some with poppy-heads. - By Sir Ninian Comper, c.1911, the SCREEN, the ORGAN over it, the altar RETABLE, the terrible STAINED GLASS in the E window, the STALLS, and the prettily painted chancel roof. - PLATE. Chalice and Paten Cover, 1706.

St Leonard (3)

I would say surprisingly, but I am accustomed to his hit and miss approach, Mee missed it.

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