Visiting:- Redbourn, Hertfordshire

No. 2 - 4:- Exploring St. Mary's Parish Church, Churchend, Redbourn.

 

The North Aisle.

- there are three bays of semicircular arches between the North Aisle and the Nave and these are of Norman workmanship. The round pillars of Totternhoe stone have scalloped capitals and facing the nave the arches have 'billet moulding'.

 

This aisle, named St. John's Aisle because of its Altar dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was rebuilt with larger windows, in 1497. The roof, of the same date, replaced a Norman; 'catslide' roof.

 

The stained glass of the east window is by Christopher Webb and is a memorial to Dr. Jurin Totton who practised in Redbourn for 38 years from 1924. (We shall be seeing this window in greater detail later.)

 

The figure of St. Francis of Assisi by the window is by Siegfried Pietzsch.

 

 

The Pews.

Nothing is known of the mediaeval pews.

 

The present Pews,

- dating from 1850, not only covered the nave and both aisles but also the floor of the tower, where a small organ was sited by the west door.

St. Mary's Church - Guidebook

 

 

To look Large:-

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Taken on

August 18, 2007 at 15:09 BST

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