Building record 0141801000 - ST MARY MAGDALENE'S CHURCH
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1124772: CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE
Map
Type and Period (2)
- CHURCH (Built about 1841, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- (Alternate Type) ANGLICAN CHURCH (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
CHURCH BUILT 1841 ON SITE OF ST JAMES'CHAPEL (00:000),FORMERLY DEPENDANT ON CHESHAM CHURCH (B4). BUILT BY E. BLORE, LARGELY REBUILT BY SIR G.C.SCOTT IN 1867. RED BRICK, SMALL S.TURRET WITH BRICK SPIRE. FURTHER DESCRIPTION (B5).
NGR FROM OS MAP (B6).
Grade II. Circa 1841 by E Blore. Enlarged and altered by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1867, adding further bay to nave, north and south transepts, chancel apse, vestry and organ chamber. Red brick, slate roofs, some stone dressings. East apse in Early English style with blind arcade pierced for 3 lancets. Nave with lancets, bays separated by shallow stepped buttresses. North transept and vestry. South transept and octagonal turret with spirelet. Interior: chancel arch and apse arch with naturalistic foliage. Alabaster altar surround. Canted wooden roof on corbels with wild flower carving. Stained glass by Clayton and Bell (apse), Powell and Sons of Whitefriars (nave north side) all of 1873, and Kempe, circa 1892, in south transept. Monument of 1632 and 1706 (B7).
Sources (4)
- <4>SBC15702 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP215-217.
- <5>SBC11720 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE P184..
- <6>SBC11279 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD TQ 09 NW 15 (NOT RETAINED).
- <7>SBC19433 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p68, amended 16th August 2013.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 00067 98876 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jun 5 2020 1:48PM
