Lidgate St Mary?s church

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 17 Aug 2007

This was originally a Norman church. It has been suggested that the chancel was perhaps the chapel to the Norman castle, only a few yards away. The chancel, which is unusually taller than the nave, has 13th century lancet windows. Everything else in the church is of a later date. The font which is octagonal and very plain is 15th century, but the pyramidal cover is Stuart, as is the octagonal pulpit. The double piscina with cusped arch is early 14th century which might suggest a rebuilding phase about that period, (as the castle fell into decline) when the chapel became a church. North of the chancel is a double aumbry. The north aisle contains a late 15th century parclose screen. On the pillars of the arcade, there is some mediaeval graffiti including a caricature and musical notations.

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