Clothall Church
During the 19th century a north vestry was added. The current church appears to have been erected during 1350–70 on the foundations of the older one or the older stones could of been re-used, as some of the lower stones are shelly oolite, the rest of the stonework being of clunch.
The south chapel, tower and chancel may have been built a little later in the 14th century and the chancel arch has been cemented. The roof is modern. In the south wall is a trefoil-headed piscina of late 14th-century work, and in the north wall is a square locker with rebated edge; there is a blocked doorway on the south side. In the south wall is a 14th-century arch opening into the south chapel. The arch is of two splayed orders, the jambs of semioctagonal piers separated by filleted bowtels, and with moulded capitals and bases.
There are a few old timbers in the nave roof. The font is of the 12th century. It is of Purbeck marble, and has a square basin carried upon a large central shaft, with a smaller shaft at each angle.
In the east window is some old glass; the head of a female saint; a number of quarries painted with birds and a border with 'Maria' monogram repeated may belong to the next century. In the southwest window of the chapel are some heraldic fragments.
There are some 15th-century bench ends with poppy heads at the west end of the church, much defaced. In the chapel are fragments of a slab with foliated cross and remains of a marginal inscription in Lombardic characters, probably of mid-14th-century date.
In the chancel are several brasses: a priest in cope, without inscription, of the early 16th century; a priest in eucharistic vestments, the arms missing, to John Vynter, rector of the parish, who died in 1404; a priest in eucharistic vestments, holding chalice and wafer, with the symbol of the Trinity above, to John Wryght, rector of the parish, 1519; to Anne Bramfield, 1578; to William Lucas, rector of the parish, 1602. Fixed to the wall of the chapel is an inscription to Thomas Dalyson, rector of the parish, who died in 1541; this probably belongs to the brass in the chancel.
There are two bells in the lower: the treble is inscribed 'CALIT
