Church of St Mary the Virgin

A Grade I Listed Building in Layer Marney, Essex

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney
St Mary: Tudor red brick church built by Henry, first Lord Marney, d.1523; west tower with diagonal buttresses, battlements & polygonal stair turret
St Mary: view from the south, unusual chancel porch to right; embattled south aisle, windows with four-centred heads
St Mary: nave looking east; five light east window with Perpendicular panel tracery, tie beam roof, c15 rood screen
St Mary: Marney chapel at north-east of church, fireplace on north wall
St Mary: c16 armorial glass in north-east Marney chapel
St Mary: large wall early c16 painting to St Christopher bearing Christ
St Mary: alabaster tomb from earlier church probably to Sir William Marney, d.1414; cusped quatrefoils and shields
St Mary: Sir William Marney, d.1414; bascinet & camail
St Mary: monument to Henry Marney, first Lord, d.1523; terracotta canopy & base
St Mary: detail of Renaissance work from the monument to Henry Marney, first Lord, d.1523
St Mary: Henry Marney, first Lord, d.1523; catacluse stone effigy in armour and mantle
St Mary: Henry Marney, first Lord, d.1523; Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, Executor to Countess of Richmond, Privy Councillor to Henry VIII, Lord Privy Seal
St Mary: John, second Lord Marney, d.1525; similar monument to his father but without canopy; chantry altar at right angles
St Mary: John Marney, d.1525; Esquire of the Body of Henry VIII, Governor of Rochester Castle; inscription at chantry altar
St Mary: Robert Cammocke, d.1585
St Mary: memorial to Nicholas Corsellis, 1674