Building record 0292200000 - ST MARY'S CHURCH

Summary

Nineteenth century parish church, built 1865-6 to replace the medieval church and re-using some of the original fittings.

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Listed Building (II) 1332869: CHURCH OF ST MARY

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PARISH CHURCH (Built 1865-6, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 20m, Width 11m.
BUILT 1886 BUT CONTAINS FITTINGS FROM OLD CHURCH (B1).
CONSISTS OF CHANCEL, NAVE, S AISLE & SW TOWER. CONSTRUCTED OF FLINTS WITH BRICK QUOINS & DRESSINGS TO WINDOWS. DESIGN DISTANTLY APPROACHING C13 (B2).
IN PROMINENT POSITION (B3).
Grade II. Parish Church. 1886. Flint with red brick dressings. Tiled roof with ornamental ridge tiles. Small s.w. tower with battlements and entrance doorway. Nave, aisles and chancel. Decorated style with plate tracery in stone. Interior contains C15 font and Brudenell monument c.1600 moved here from the old church. RCHM I p.282. MON.2. (contents) (B5).
Built 1865-6. Foundation stone laid on 25th April 1865 and church consecrated on 9th July 1866, both by Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford. The architect was James Redland Taylor and the builder T Fitkin of Weston Turville. The total cost of the land and the building was £1,300. The new church contained most of the movable fittings from the old church including the five original bells, the 15th century font, the royal coat of arms and the 16th century Brudenell monument. The tower was rebuilt in the early 1920s and the whole church underpinned in the early 1930s (B6).

Sources (6)

<1>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p282.
<2>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p363.
<3>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. pp243-244.
<4>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
<5>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p49.
<6>SBC23043 Bibliographic reference: Alan Dell & Richard Pearce. 1992. Stoke Mandeville: Where There's More Crows Than Folk. ppxi, 16-25, plates 6-8.

Location

Grid reference	SP 83450 10440 (point)
Civil Parish	STOKE MANDEVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC136)

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Oct 28 2024 10:08AM