Description

SJ 59 NW BILLINGE CHAPEL END BIRCHLEY ROAD
(east side)

4/8 Church of
Saint Mary and
- Presbytery

- II

Catholic church and presbytery. Church of 1828, with mid
C19 apse and presbytery. Stone with slate roof. 3-bay nave
with impost band and cornice; pedimented west gable. Round-
headed windows have keystones and leaded glazing, and
rectangular panels above. West end has windows flanking
entrance which has porch with paired unfluted Doric columns,
frieze and cornice. Gable has projecting panel with
entwined initials. Rectangular apse has paired round-headed
lancets and adjoins the presbytery, of 2 storeys and 3 bays.
3rd bay has gable and ground-floor canted bay window with
hipped roof. Central entrance has shallow gabled porch.
Interior: Segmental vaulted ceiling. Small west gallery
above internal porch with etched glazing. Round chancel
arch on paired columns with scrolly capitals. Canted apse
with large paintings, niche to right, altar to left. Font
of 1877, alabaster on coloured marble shafts; panels of
evangelist's symbols.

Listing NGR: SJ5247999591

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mary's Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17985900

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)