Dedicated to St
Mary Magdalene, it is early
Norman in date, built of
rubble and
flint with
Barnack limestone dressings. It was originally dedicated to
St Mary the Virgin but was later rededicated to
Ickleton Priory's patron saint.
Nikolaus Pevsner wrote that the church's Norman interior
"has few equals" in England and
"is far too little known". north arcade and aisle (right), 12th-century
frescoes (above right) and
Perpendicular Gothic west window (left) The church was built in the late 11th so this may be the date when this phase of building was completed. In the middle of the 15th century the chancel was rebuilt and a
Perpendicular Gothic north chapel and
vestry were added. In 1882–85 the chancel was rebuilt, retaining the 15th-century piscina but adding
Gothic Revival sedilia. The roof of the south transept was destroyed by fire in 1979 and has been replaced. It was cleaning work after the fire that discovered the 12th-century frescoes in the nave. These had been painted over for centuries, presumably since the
Reformation in the 16th century.
Sanctus bell near the top of the spire ==Bells==