Building record 0236100000 - ST MARY'S CHURCH

Dimensions - Length 21m, Width 8m.
Grade II+. Redundant parish church. C12 and C13 nave and chancel, altered C14 and C15, restored 1868-9. Coursed rubble stone with chamfered plinth and diagonal off-set buttresses, old tile roofs. N. side of nave has slight projection at W. end, a large single light window, mostly C19, and a restored C15 2-light window with tracery. Central door in 2-centred chamfered arch and rebuilt porch, the porch retaining an old cusped light to each side. To S. nave has 4-light cusped window with flat head. At W. end of ridge is a small square bell-cote, rendered, with a gable to each side. Chancel windows are also much restored, the N. and E. walls each having a cusped single light, the S. side having one similar window, a 2-light window with ogee tracery and flat head, and a doorway with 2-centred chamfered arch. Interior: early C14 chancel arch, slightly 4-centred and double chamfered, on semi-octagonal piers with moulded capitals. Each capital has 4 ball-flower motifs. Fine C15 roof to nave has queen posts, curved braces to collar, and curved wind-braces. Piscina basin in S. window-sill of chancel, one locker recess. Circular font with tapering basin on plain stem is probably C13, re-cut. 2 late C18 and C19 memorial tablets. RCHM I p.158-9 (B7).
The Parish Church of St Mary has stone rubble walls, which are coursed in the South wall of the nave. The roofs are tiled. The nave and chancel were possibly built in the C12th or C13th, and the South wall of the nave is probably a rebuild of late C14th date. A small projection at the West end of the North wall of the nave was added to support a wooden bell-turret which has since disappeared, the present bell-turret at the West end being modern. The church was restored 1868-9, and the North porch and East end of the chancel have apparently been rebuilt. The C15th nave roof is a fine example of a queen-post type (B3).
Exxcavation of nave following church being declared redundant & in advance of restoration by Redundant Churches Fund. RCHM's assessment largely confirmed (B5).
Buildings report held at NMR (B8).
(SP779715950 St Mary's Church [NAT] (B9).

Excavations within the nave have revealed C12th occupation prior to the erection of the church (B11).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.