Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Little Raveley

St James was deconsecrated in 1975 and is now a private house.

ST JAMES. Nave and chancel, no bellcote. Perp, but the two-light E window and the chancel arch Dec. - FONT. Perp. Against the underside an eagle, a tree( ?), and two unidentified figures. - STAINED GLASS. Small fragments in one nave N window. - PLATE. Cup and Cover Paten, late C16.

St James (2)

LITTLE RAVELEY.  It is rightly called little, for there are very few houses and a small church. But it has a chancel 700 years old and a nave of Chaucer’s day. The chancel arch and the roof come from the 16th century, and the altar table with a decorated rail is 17th century. An Elizabethan craftsman made the altar cup, and a 15th century sculptor shaped the font, with its carvings of a bishop and an eagle. In the windows of the nave are fragments of red and gold glass which have been shining undisturbed for over 400 years.

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