St Andrew and St Mary's Church, Stoke Rochford

A sculptured high relief slab, possibly of John de Neville and his wife, was found in a field at Ganthorpe now lies in the north chapel, having been installed in the 19th century.

The bodies of Oliver St John and Elizabeth are buried beneath a black marble slab with brass inscriptions in the South Stoke church chancel.

The South Stoke manor passed to Joan, the daughter of Henry Rochford, and through marriage and purchase to Stanhope, Skeffington, Ellys, Fountain, Heale and Harrison families.

[2] A memorial service was held at the church in 2006 in remembrance of the Royal Canadian Air Force and RAF crew of a Lancaster bomber which crashed in the grounds of Stoke Rochford Hall on 28 April 1945.

The lower stages might be part of an 11th-century previously unbuttressed tower, and contains at its west side an early 15th-century chamfered reveal window opening with pointed arch surrounded by a hood mould with label stops in human form.

The clerestory contains three clear glazed windows on the north wall and three on the south, each of twin-lights surrounded by shallow-top arches within deep hood moulds.

The vestry window at the south is of a single light with panes of glear glazing set in square muntins, within a double chamfered arched surround with hood mould.

Its angle buttresses are similar style to the south chapel, including cill band, although four in number on the north wall defining three external bays with three windows.

The chancel east wall between the chapels is plain except for a simple cill band above the roof line, and a shallow coped gable with a central cross above.

The bowl is panelled on each side with inset fields containing cusped and quatrefoil mouldings, floriate details at its base, all partly painted.

It is of three bays defined by circular piers topped by square abaci with scalloped cushion capitals, supporting chamfered semi-circular arches.

The capitals are frustum-style of four facets, with abaci of floriate detailing reminiscent of crocketing, except that on the pier respond at the west carved as flat leaf.

The chamfered chancel arch sits on polygonal responds with part octagonal capitals in which are embossed and painted cyphers of King George VI between lily floral motifs on one, and rose on the other.

The chancel three-bay north arcade is 14th-century Decorative, with piers quatrefoil in section separated by right-angled projections running full length, and with flat raised fillets along each face.

Screens facing the stalls are of cusped ogee arches and quatrefoils in open fretwork moulding; the altar rail is of similar style.

Between the aisles and chancel chapels at the north and south are 19th-century low wooden screens, with a run of seven double panels; plain below, those above with decorative insets, the central and outer of quatrefoils.

[1] The table pedestal is faced with twelve twinned column reliefs, leading to ogee headed and cusped arches, with quatrefoils in circular devices between each.

Above are three decorative gabled and pinnacled relief structures supported by slender columns, with inset niches containing saints, inscriptions, and geometric and floriated details, separated by a crocketed frieze.

Set into the raised floor against the north wall is a recessed table tomb with inset panels with angels holding shields, above which is a curved and moulded canopy arch with embedded fleuron repeats and a crocketed top running to a cross-shaped floriate finial.

On the north wall of the north chapel is a white marble plaque set on a black relief background with curved top, dedicated to John Turnor of Stoke Rochford and Panton House, who died at Leamington Spa in 1845, aged 79 years, and to his sister, Frances Turnor, who died at Cheltenham in 1847, aged 83 years.

Set back on either side are inset white oblong raised panels—the top has a projected moulding following the plinth's horizontal facets.

Above this plaque are two others, both of a black recessed field, surrounded by a raised figured pink and white marble frame incised with flat straight grooves and square corner devices with embossed details.

Henry and Elizabeth sit within an aedicule and kneel facing each other in prayer either side of a gabled ark, in front of which lies a covered small child with head on pillow.

[1][6][8] The columns either side of Henry and Elizabeth are headed by Corinthian capitals that sit beneath an architrave, frieze and cornice that continue across the monument but set back.

Below the set back frieze, and enclosing scrollwork and a memorial plaque, is a chamfered arch with a spandrel each side containing a roundel with embossed decoration.

Each side of the Edmund Chomeley monument is a stained glass window, the one to the west dedicated to Sir Hugh Arthur Henry Cholmeley (1839–1904), 3rd Baronet, and erected by his wife and children.

[18] The monument is white marble, its plaque inscription within a field set below flat moulding with part inset quarter-circles at bottom left and right.

The raised inscription plaque is oblong with a 45° cut at each corner, over which is a moulded shelf, on which sits an urn with 'cloth' swagging attached and topped with a flambeau.

The raised inscription plaque is rectilinear, and sits on a square-edged stepped shelf supported by curved brackets with embossed acanthus decoration, with a device of two strapped palm leaves below.

On the north side is a plaque, dated 1946, commemorating a tower restoration provided for by parishioners, and a dedication to three men killed during the Second World War.

South Stoke Church c. 1806, showing previous 1794 Stoke Rochford Hall in background
Chancel and 15th-century south and north chancel chapels from the east
Tower from the west
Clerestory and tower above the south aisle and vestry
North aisle and porch
North chapel from north-west
East wall gargoyle
Nave from the chancel
East arcade between the chancel and south chapel
North chapel Turnor reredos memorial
North chapel floor slab perhaps to John and Elizabeth de Neville
North chancel chapel monument to Edmund Turnor (1619–1707)
Plaque to Christopher Randolph Turnor
Monument to Henry and Elizabeth Cholmeley
South chapel east window dedicated to Montague Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley
Chancel altar chest tomb of unknown origin
Welbore MacCarthy , rector 1910
Framed reference to Rev William Dodwell (rector from 1775 to 1824) who by bequest gave his property in trust to the British and Foreign Bible Society and to the poor of the parish. The interest on £1,608 was to be distributed among the poor, either by coin or provision of fuel and clothes, and to provide a school and apprenticeships for poor children.
Plaque to Algernon Augustus Markham, rector 1933–1939