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One of the Perpendicular-style 3-light windows south of the chancel #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire
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North of nave #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire
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3-light window and some rather undistinguished #StainedGlass #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire For more windows follow: #EllinghamChurchWindows (8/11)
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South of nave adjacent to 'rood turret' #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire
Square (headed) 3-light window with 4-centred lights and indented (or hollow) spandrels. In the style of late C15 but close inspection suggests either heavily repaired or C19
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South of chancel #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire
Perpendicular-style 3-light windows with cusped lights, label and headstops each side of the priests door. One a C19 copy of a C15 original. Which is which? For 5 further marks, what are the clues?
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North elevation of vestry-cum-organ loft #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire
Decorated-style 3-light window. Cusped pointed lights, hexagonal cusped piercings above. Quality and cut of the masonry and stone voussoir above the head give it away as C19. For more windows follow: #EllinghamChurchWindows (4/11)
East elevation of chancel #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire
3-light window with stepped pointed lights. Either post-dating the chancel of re-set as there is some very peculiar packing around the head
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The 2-light window (left), south of the nave is a fairly faithful copy of the C13 original, south of the chancel #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire. The head is monolithic and examples like these help identify C19 replacements in other churches. For more windows follow: #EllinghamChurchWindows (2/11)
The church of #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire is one of those places where you almost have a little potted history of window design. Starting here with a C13 2-light window with pointed lights. For more windows follow: #EllinghamChurchWindows (1/11)