HIGHAM FERRERS HUNDRED wollaston 



side is a slightly ogee niche with moulded jambs and 

 label. The spire has ribbed angles and ull pinnacles 

 standing on the broaches, with three tiers of gabled 

 lights, faced alternately, all of two trefoilcd openings. 

 The top of the spire, for a length of about 1 1 ft., was 

 rebuilt in 1892. 



The north transept was good work of the same period 

 as the tower, and as rebuilt retains all its original features 

 though windows and other of the architectural details 

 are new. It is faced with coursed stone and covered 



Above the doorway is a circular window. The side 

 elevations are of plainer character, with plinth, cornice, 

 and parapet, and three large round-headed windows 

 with moulded sills, divided into three lights by flat 

 intersecting mullions. On the north side a considerable 

 amount of irregularly coursed ironstone is used, but on 

 the south there is little or none. The date 1737 occurs 

 on the keystone of the west doorway, and on the spout- 

 heads. Below the west galler>' is a good 18th-century 

 screen with fluted pilasters. 



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CZj Modern 



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Scale of Feet 



Plan of Wollaston Church 



with a red-tiled gabled roof, and is now enclosed by 

 modern gothic screens to form a vestr)'. The I4th-cen- 

 turj' arch opening to the north aisle remains and is of 

 two orders, the inner order springing on the wall side 

 from a half-octagonal respond with moulded capital 

 and base. The windows in the north and east walls are 

 of three lights with modem Decorated tracery, and 

 there is a doorway in the west wall. In the north wall, 

 below the window, are two 14th-century arched 

 recesses with hood-moulds, one of which now contains a 

 stone coffin found during the rebuilding, the lid of which 

 has a beautiful floriated cross with ornamented stem. 



The 18th-century nave is of three bays, divided 

 from the aisles by tall Tuscan columns on high plinths 

 and with pilasters at either end, supporting a single span 

 roof, with separate plaster ceilings.' The west elevation 

 is of much dignit)-, the nave projecting slightly in front 

 of the aisles, with wide pediment, and square-headed 

 doorway within a semicircular arch. The whole of the 

 elevation is faced with alternate courses of ironstone and 

 freestone, the contrast of colour being very effective. 



The font dates from 1737 and is of stone, with cir- 

 cular gadrooned bowl and swelled base. The panelled 

 pulpit is of the same date.* 



There is a brass chandelier given by Ambrose 

 Dickins in 1777. 



The 15th-century brasses recorded by Bridges have 

 disappeared.^ In the chancel are armorial slabs and a 

 mural tablet^ to Edmund Neale (d. 167 1) and his son 

 Thomas (d. 1675), and memorials of Sir Charles Neale, 

 Kt. (d. 1719), and Dr. John Shipton (d. 1748). 



There is an 18th-century communion table in the 

 vestry, and a panelled chest. 



There are six bells, the first a recasting by Taylor 

 & Co. in 19 10, the second without date or inscription, 

 the third by Taylor 1868, and the fourth, fifth, and 

 tenor by R. Taylor, of St. Neots, 1806.' 



The plate consists of a silver cup and paten, flagon, 

 and alms basin of 1773, each inscribed 'The gift of 

 Ambrose Dickins Esq''" to the Church of Wollaston, 

 Northamptonshire 1774'.* 



The registers before 1 8 1 2 arc as follows: ( i ) baptisms 



■ The nive ceiling ii flit, thote over the 

 aisles coved. 



' It is p»rt of the three-decker pulpit 

 which originally stood against the north- 

 east column; Whichello, op. cit. 5. 



' Hill. ofNorthanti. ii, 201. They were 

 (fl) Katharine, wife of Thomas Lybert, 



1418; (*) Godith, wife of William Bedyll, 

 14Z4; {c) John Bedyle and Joan his wife, 

 1437; and {(1) a man in gown with large 

 sleeves. 



* The tablet is all that remains of a 

 black and white marble monument with 

 pediment supported by Ionic columns; 



61 



Bridges, op. cit. ii, 201. 



' North, Ch. Btlli 0/ Korlkanli. 440, 

 where the inscriptions are given. The old 

 treble was by R. Taylor 1806. 



» Marlcham, Ck. Piatt of Nortkanli. 

 320. 



