Building record 0092800000 - ST MARY'S CHURCH, PADBURY

Dimensions - Length 29m, Width 18m.
Consists of body, 2 aisles, chancel, embattled W tower (B1).
Repaired 1830 (B2-3).
Of uncoursed stone rubble. C13 chancel, nave, W tower, C14 aisles, C16 alterations, tower rebuilt C17. Much restored 1830 & 1882. Late C19 S porch. Nave & aisles have flat lead roof. Chancel tiled. (Plan & more detail) (B5-6).
At NGR (B9).
Grade II+. Parish church. C13 nave, chancel and W. tower. C14 aisles, C16 alterations, tower rebuilt C17. Much restored 1830 and 1882. Late C19 S. porch. Early C20 vestry to N. side of tower. Coursed rubble stone, flat lead roof to nave and aisles, tiled roof to chancel. W. tower of three stages with plinth, parapet, pointed openings to bell-chamber, tall arched W. door with modern round headed window above. Nave has rendered clerestory : three round cusped C14 windows to N., four 3-light Perpendicular windows to S., much restored, with blind circular window to centre over porch. S. aisle has paired lancets to W. wall, Perpendicular windows to S. and E. walls. C14 S. door, restored, with continuous moulded arch and jambs and earlier label with nailhead ornament and carved head stops. N. aisle has Decorated windows. Chancel has small low lancets to W. and 2-light windows to E., that to N. with Y tracery that to S. Decorated.3-light E. window with reticulated tracery. Interior: tower has triple chamfered arch on carved head corbels. Nave of four bays: double chamfered arcade on octagonal piers with moulded caps, end arches on corbels, some with carved heads. Early C13 chancel arch, rebuilt, on piers with wide segmental pilasters. Roofs have some original timbers, restored C17, C18 and C19. Chancel has small aumbry and cusped ogee piscina in S. wall. S. aisle has two trefoiled piscinas, one with dogtooth ornament. C14 figurative wall paintings in spandrels of S. arcade and wall of N. aisle. Altar table dated 1634. Other fittings late C19. Early C20 glass. C18 wall tablets in chancel. RCHM II pp 231-3 (B7).



Parish church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is built almost entirely of uncoursed stone rubble, partly covered by roughcast and plaster; the tower is of large rubble with wide joints; the N wall of the N aisles of small coursed rubble; the dressings are of stone and the parapet of the tower is of dark brown stone. the roofs are covered with lead, except that of the chancel which is tiled. The CHANCEL and NAVE were built early in the 13th century; a W tower and a S aisle were added at the end of the 13th century. The NORTH AISLE, with the north arcade and the clerestorey over it, was added c.1330; the SOUTH AISLE was rebuilt, and the nave widened towards the S probably later in the 14th century. Early in the 16th century the upper part of the chancel was rebuilt, and the chancel arch was reconstructed, the S arcade was altered, and new windows were inserted on the S side of the clerestorey. The WEST TOWER was rebuilt probably about the middle of the 17th century. The parapet of the tower is said to have been renewed in 1684, and the whole building repaired in 1830. The chancel was restored in 1882, the SOUTH PORCH rebuilt in 1897, and the NORTH-WEST VESTRY added in 1908. The 14th century windows of the clerestorey and the Wall Paintings of c.1330 are noteworthy (B5).

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