Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ketton

The church is the only one in Rutland that is cruciform in plan with a central tower. The 148ft spire is on four arches with triple shafts. The spire and tower date from the 14th century.{{Cite web|url=http://www.robschurches.moonfruit.com/ketton/4523220925|title=St Mary The Virgin, Ketton Rutland|website=www.robschurches.moonfruit.com|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121055700/http://robschurches.moonfruit.com/ketton/4523220925|url-status=live}} There is an arched frieze and broach spire which has statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Peter, St Paul and Angel Gabriel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/ketton-st-mary-the-virgin/|title=Ketton Church Rutland History | Leicestershire & Rutland Church Journal|date=18 June 2012|website=www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126223012/https://www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/ketton-st-mary-the-virgin/|url-status=live}}

There is a nave with south and north aisles separated by arcades, a vestry, a chancel, north and south transepts and the tower. The clerestory was added in the 15th century.{{Cite web|url=http://churchcrawling.moonfruit.com/ketton/4593738711|title=Ketton - The Beauty Of The English Parish Church|website=churchcrawling.moonfruit.com|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=10 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210085343/http://churchcrawling.moonfruit.com/ketton/4593738711|url-status=live}} From 1861 to 1862 the church was restored by George Gilbert Scott, and the chancel was restored in 1863. The roof, decorated with angels, was designed by Sir Charles Nicholson and completed in 1950 after his death.{{sfn|Pevsner|1960|p=153}}

The font, dating from the 14th century, is octagonal.

The east windows of the chancel and south aisle have stained glass designed by Ninian Comper. A medieval wooden door with a statue and niche of the Blessed Virgin and Child is on the south porch.

An arched doorway dating to c. 1190 is at the west end of the nave.

The tower (completed in 1862) and spire (1867) of Leicester Cathedral are, according to Pevsner, loosely based on Ketton's.{{Cite book|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|title=Leicestershire and Rutland|publisher=Penguin|year=1984|isbn=0-14-071018-3|editor-last=Williamson|editor-first=Elizabeth|edition=Second Edition reprinted with corrections 1992|series=Buildings of England|location=London|pages=208}}

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Ketton

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