. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. ODSEY HUNDRED of the Templars' lands to the Knights Hospitallers14 this estate probably became amalgamated with the Hospitallers' other holding in Rushden. The church of ST. MARY THE CHURCH VIRGIN consists of chancel 28 ft. by 14 ft., nave ft. by 20 ft., south porch, west tower 11 ft. by 10 ft. 6 in., all dimensions taken internally. The walls are of flint rubble covered with cement, the dressings are of stone ; the chancel is built of brick and the roof slated, the nave roof being covered with lead. The nave dates from abo
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. ODSEY HUNDRED of the Templars' lands to the Knights Hospitallers14 this estate probably became amalgamated with the Hospitallers' other holding in Rushden. The church of ST. MARY THE CHURCH VIRGIN consists of chancel 28 ft. by 14 ft., nave ft. by 20 ft., south porch, west tower 11 ft. by 10 ft. 6 in., all dimensions taken internally. The walls are of flint rubble covered with cement, the dressings are of stone ; the chancel is built of brick and the roof slated, the nave roof being covered with lead. The nave dates from about 1340-50 j the chancel is modern, although built on the old foundations, parts of which are visible on the south side. The diancel arch is of 15th-century date ; the west tower of about 140a. In the original 14th-century plinth visible on the south side of the chancel are the jambs of an old doorway. The four-light window in the east wall of RUSHDEN orders, with moulded capitals and splayed bases ; the capital on the east side is enriched with leaf orna- ment, the other being plain. The south porch is modern. At the south-east angle of the nave are the remains of the stair to the rood loft, constructed in the thickness of the wall. In the east wall, north of the chancel arch, is a large niche with cinquefoiled four-centred arch under a square head ; above is a frieze filled with square panels cusped and traceried ; portions of the flanking buttresses and the sill have been cut away. It is of 15th-century work. On the north wall of the nave, opposite the south door, are traces of paintings. The west tower is of three stages with an embattled parapet. The tower arch is of three splayed orders with responds and moulded capitals, the bases are modern. The west window is of two trefoiled lights with a sixfoiled opening in the centre and is of late 14th-century date. The second stage is pierced on. Rushden Church from the South-east the chancel and the two windows of two lights in
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