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An unpolished, early brass latten lectern. It belongs to a late 15th-century design group which includes the lecterns at Billingford (Norfolk), Isleham (Cambridge), Christ's College, Cambridge, Peterborough Cathedral, Thorverton (Devon) (a Victorian copy), and St Mark's, Venice.

England's largest surviving parochial chapel, this church was founded in 1146 as a chapel of ease to St Margaret's Church. The original building was replaced in about 1200 and the southwest tower was added some twenty five years later. In the early 15th century, the whole church apart from the tower was rebuilt as an enormous hall church with an aisled nave and chancel in one. At the same time a splendid two storey south porch was added, with a row of niches in delicate panelling. The current steeple dates to 1869, replacing an earlier one that collapsed in 1741. Inside the vast open space of the nave, the huge west window fills the chapel with light, illuminating a very fine 15th century carved angel roof, which is contrasted by a large acreage of plain 19th century pews crammed into the arcades during an 1850s restoration. The font is a 1902 copy of one of 1627 given by the Bishop of Norwich, but the polygonal water stoup at the west end of the north aisle is a 14th century original. The west doors date to the early 1400s, and bear traces of their original medieval decoration.
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Author Amanda Slater from Coventry, West Midlands, UK
Camera location52° 45′ 27.03″ N, 0° 23′ 49.2″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by amandabhslater at https://flickr.com/photos/15181848@N02/53245971824. It was reviewed on 13 October 2023 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

13 October 2023

St Nicholas Chapel, King's Lynn

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