St Edward King and Martyr, Castle Donington

St Edward's is a Grade II* parish church on Clapgun Street in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, in the Diocese of Leicester: an early thirteenth-century church with a landmark west tower and spire, heavily restored in 1876-77.

Overview

Historic England lists the Church of St Edward King and Martyr (list entry 1361370, designated 7 December 1962). The listing records an early thirteenth-century parish church, aisles widened in the fourteenth century, the tower raised and given a spire in the late fourteenth century, and a clerestory added in the fifteenth. It was very much restored in 1876-77 by William Smith of the Adelphi, London; the chancel was restored in 1902. Fabric is dressed stone with lead roofs: a west tower, aisled nave, south porch and chancel, with moulded plinths and battlemented parapets. The three-stage west tower has a tall octagonal spire, part rebuilt in the late eighteenth century, with two tiers of lucarnes.

The interior has a triple-chamfered tower arch and four-bay nave arcades. Fittings include a fifteenth-century octagonal stone font with heraldic panels and a pulpit assembled in the 1870s from re-used alabaster slabs. Monuments include a south-aisle tomb chest with brasses of Robert Staunton and Agnes (d. 1458) and, in the north aisle, an alabaster tomb chest with effigies of Robert Hazylrygg (d. 1529) and his wife. A parish statement of significance notes that the church was given to Norton Priory in 1133. Historic England currently records the building on the Heritage at Risk register.

Further Information

• Historic England list entry 1361370
• British Listed Buildings: Church of St Edward King and Martyr