Building record 0281403000 - ST MARY'S CHURCH

Dimensions - Length 23m, Width 12m.
SMALL FABRIC: BODY, 2 AISLES & CHANCEL. SQUARE W TOWER, 3 BELLS (B1).
C14 TOWER, ARCADES & CHANCEL ARCH. REMAINDER REBUILT BY G E STREET, 1857. CHANCEL HAS PILLAR PISCINA OF REUSED C12 SHAFT & CAPITAL. EARLY C17 FLEMISH GLASS IN WINDOWS. LATE C15 W DOORWAY. FURTHER DESCRIPTION (B3-5,B9).
Grade II+. Parish church. C14 tower, arcades and chancel arch. Restored and remainder rebuilt by G.E. Street 1857. Coursed rubble stone, tiled roofs to S. porch and chancel, copper roofs to nave and aisles. W. tower of three stages with offset diagonal buttresses, battlemented parapet and 2-light Perpendicular openings to bell chamber. Perpendicular W. door and 2-light window above. Nave has three round clerestory windows with C19 tracery. C19 aisles and chancel have decorated windows under labels with carved stops. Aisles are continued to flank tower. Steeply gabled S. porch. Lean-to vestry to N. of chancel. Interior: W. tower has tall 2-centred double chamfered arches to nave and aisles. Nave of three bays has arcades of two centred chamfered arches continuous with piers. Similar double chamfered chancel arch with moulded caps and bases to semi-octagonal shafts. Chancel has pillar piscina of re-used C12 shaft and capital. Early C17 Flemish glass panels set in windows, C19 glass in E. window. Other fittings C19. Marble wall monuments : plaque to Sir John Busby 1705 with bust above and surround of military trophies; monument to Thomas Busby 1753 by M. Rysbrack with cherub, broken column and obelisk behind; Anne Busby c.1800 by H. Hopper of London with weeping woman and urn; other plaques to Busby family. RCHM II p 53 (B10).
At NGR (B11).
Detailed architectural and historical study (B14).
Chapel with associated plaque within the building is a war memorial dedicated to seven local people who died in action during WW1. The stone plaque measures 58cm (h) by 35cm (w) and is in good condition. Photographs and details of the wardead (B12-13).



Parish Church of St. Mary, about 0.75 mile NE of Verney Junction, is built of stone rubble. The roofs are covered with lead, except those of the chancel and S porch which are tiled. The church was partly rebuilt in 1858, but the chancel arch, the arcades of the nave, and the west tower are of the 14th century, restored. The only detail of an earlier date is a small 12th century shaft with a capital, formerly us as a pillar piscina. The tower was apparently altered late in the 15th century (B3).

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