Building record 1319900000 - CHURCH OF ST MARY & ST GEORGE, DASHWOOD AVENUE

Grade II. 1935-8 by Wellesley and Wills. The Church of St Mary and St George, High Wycombe, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: - It is of special interest as a late 1930s free Byzantine style church which is a good representative of the diversity of round-arched architecture as applied to new churches in the interwar period; - The hilly site and the copper-covered dome make the church a landmark in High Wycombe; - It has a spacious, light interior with passage aisles that are characteristic of interwar churches. The internal spatial arrangements have been slightly altered by the moving of the font and turning the baptistry into a quiet area; - This is the only known church by Lord Gerald Wellesley, later 7th Duke of Wellington, who was known as an aesthete and occasional architect. See listing description for detail (B1).