Description

SO 5924; 650/1/1

CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN

22.10.52.

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A fine church with nave, North and South aisles square tower with pinnacles
at corners and graceful spire. Local red sandstone with ashlar dressings.
Some C12 material re-used. Church was rebuilt in C13 and dedicated in 1316.
Heavily restored in 1878. Window tracery mainly C19. Nave, part of chancel,
North and South aisles are C13. Tower, spire, 2-storey South porch North
porch, part of chancel and sanctuary are C14. Also roof of South aisle are
C15. East window has C15 glass. Many fine C16 and C17 monuments to the
Rudhall family in alabaster; other good monuments. C17 Communion rails;
left C17 or East C18 font; left C17 gates of scrolled ironwork in North
porch. C13 coffin and lid. Inside are the dead trunks of some elm suckers
that were once green in the church. RCHM 1.

Listing NGR: SO5979524045

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530062

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)