Building record 0171800000 - STOWE PARISH CHURCH

Dimensions - Length 21m, Width 19m.
Plan Form - Subrectangular.
Description (B4).
Grade II+. Parish Church. C14 altered C18. W. tower stone; nave, aisles and chancel roughcast. Copper roof. Vaulted niche above W. door. Traceried windows in E. end of S. aisle and in chancel. Lead roofs, double curved to chancel. Interior: 3 bay nave arcades, C16 arches to N. chapel with panelled reveals. Two brasses, marble monument of 1619. History: 'Capability' Brown married here 1744. RCHM II p 296 MON.2 (B5).
Painting of St George & dragon in nave, N wall. Remains of ancient cross in churchyard (B1).
Parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The walls are covered with roughcast except for the third stage of the tower, which is of stone. The original church seems to have comprised a chancel and aisleless nave, to which the North aisle was added late in the C13th. The West tower was rebuilt ca.1330, and ca.1350 the chancel was rebuilt and enlarged. Later in the C14th, the South aisle was added, and at the end of the C15th, the clerestory was constructed, the aisles possibly rebuilt, and the South porch added. The North chapel was built in the first half of the C16th. In the C19th, the third stage of the tower was rebuilt and the whole church restored. The niche with the carved crucifix and figures of ca.1330 over the West doorway, and the C17th effigy in the North chapel are especially interesting (B2).
The parish church dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is all that remains of a medieval village (B4).
Church of St Mary. Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was married here in 1744. Grade II*. The church dates to the 14th century and altered in the 18th century. The west tower is built from stone while the nave, aisles and chancel are of roughcast. The church has a vaulted niche above the west door and traceried windows in the east end of the south aisle and chancel. Internally, there are three bay nave arcades, with 16th century arches to the north (B5).
Brief description in c.1862 (B6).
Description, list of vicars 1270-1832, and selection of entries from the registers (B7).

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