Description

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5272 WESTWELL THE STREET
Church of St. Mary
TQ 94 NE 11/1 14.2.67.

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Chancel with north and south porches, nave with aisles, south porch and west
tower with broached shingled stairs. C13, except C16 south porch. Four bay
nave. The columns of the south arcade of the nave lean outwards and are supported
by wooden braces or flying buttresses right across the south aisle. The exterior
south wall of aisle is also supported by a brick buttress, added in 1885.
The stone chancel arch, or screen is most unusual and consists of 2 very tall
thin columns in the centre, forming 3 narrow arches with trefoil heads. Stone
vault to the chancel roof. Choir stalls arranged in monastic fashion. South
aisle has a collar beam and crown post roof. Piscina and triple sedilia.
The churchyard contains C17 headstones, with primitive skulls incised, C13
headstones with cherub motifs and oval bodystones.

Listing NGR: TQ9901247488

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529215

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