From the south	From the northeast

The church fabric dates to fourteenth and fifteenth centuries but was much restored in 1867 by the third Duke. The south aisle is dominated by a mortuary chapel for the Grenville family. 

The Grenville Aisle

Wotton is the burial place of the Grenville family. It was established as a mortuary chapel, the Chantry Chapel of St Mary & Catherine,  by William and Margaret de Grenville in 1343 (Sharpe). Around 1704, Jean Tijou created the wrought-iron screen and gate that divides the mausoleum from the rest of the aisle, while working on Wotton House. (Tijou later made the altar railings in St Paul's Cathedral, London.)

Grenville family shields were installed in the church in 1822 (HEH STO 121 (Box 22)).

The aisle is dominated by the continental style columbarium. This has two tiers of stone coffins, which operate like a 9*2 chest of drawers. Each is marked by a brass plaque. Brass plaques also mark the eight graves on the floor of the mausoleum. 

The Columbarium 

The Most Noble Mary Campbell (2nd Duchess)  d. 1862	Richard Chandos (2nd Duke) d. 1861	Not used	Richard Temple (1st Duke) d. 1839	Lord Cobham d. 1779	Nugent Buckingham d. 1813	George Grenville s. of Richard & Hester d. 1770	Hester Grenville d. 1752	Richard Grenville d. 1727
Not used	George Nugent Grenville d. 1850	Anne Lucy Poulett d. 1848	Not used	Anne Grenville Temple d 1777	Mary Nugent d. 1812	Elizabeth Grenville w. of George Grenville. d. of William Wyndham d. 1769	Captain Thomas Grenville d. 1717	Eleanor Grenville d. 1720

Floor tombs

Richard Chandos placed a memorial to his mother, the first Duchess above the columbarium. (She is buried at Avington). The memorial was designed by Sir Richard Westmacott.

Further information:

• Wotton House.