Description

SLALEY SLALEY VILLAGE
NY 95 NE (North side)

9/307 Church of St. Mary.

15.4.69

GV II

Parish Church on medieval site, 1832 by Milton Carr; south porch and angle
buttresses 1907. Squared stone (coursed rubble on north) with raised quoins
and tooled ashlar dressings; slate roof. Nave with south porch and north
vestry, chancel Simple Gothic style. Chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses,
coped gables with moulded kneelers.

Nave has south porch with double doors under 5-pane fanlight in pointed arch
with spiral stops to hoodmould; coped gable with foliate cross finial. East
of porch 2 broad pointed windows in double-chamfered raised surrounds, similar
window in west end. On north of nave, blocked windows (to former gallery)on
either side of vestry; at south-west corner of vestry tall stack with
pedimented cap. Vestry has 16-pane sash in alternating-block surround on
east, with 9-pane sash in stone surround above; corniced stack on north gable.
Chancel has 2 windows on south similar to those in nave, and triplet of broad
lancets to east; finial cross on east gable.

Interior: Wide stilted segmental chancel arch of 1 chamfered order. Pulpit
of 1907 with pierced traceried panels and handrail; cornice with carved foliage.
Similar chancel screen. West window 1st World War memorial glass (soldiers
through the ages) by A.L. Moore and Son; similar glass in south-east window of
chancel.

Listing NGR: NY9730657758

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 August 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297358

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability