Description

SJ 79 SE SALE HARBORO ROAD
(north side)

3/167 Church of Saint
- Mary Magdalene

- II

Church. 1874. Wilson and Oldham. Rock-faced stone with
ashlar dressings and clay tile roof. Wide nave with
transepts; chancel with organ chamber and south-east tower.
Victorian Gothic. Stone plinth, weathered buttresses, steep
roof with coped gables and finials. 4-bay nave has porch in
bay 1, with arched door opening and colonnettes, and 3-light
windows in the others with Geometrical tracery. The transept
has a 4-light window over a small porch and angled
buttresses. 3-stage tower has set back weathered buttresses,
octagonal corner stair turret, 2-light belfry openings,
heavy octagonal pinnacles and a spire with gabled lucarnes
and a weather-cock. 2-bay chancel with 5-light east window.
Interior: arch-braced roof trusses. Ornately carved chapel
screen, rood screen and pulpit. Chancel arch on twin
colonnettes, ornately painted chancel roof and alabaster and
mosaic reredos. Stained glass.

Listing NGR: SJ7750091909

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320682

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)