Description

SU 07 NW LYNEHAM BRADENSTOKE
(south side)

8/52 Church of
St Mary The Virgin

GV II

Anglican parish church, 1866, by C. F. Hansom. Coursed limestone, tiled roofs. Tall three-and-a-half bay nave, south aisle, 2-bay chancel with organ chamber, north porch, and western bellcote. Walls with mid wall string and plinth table, 2 light Decorated style windows with carved head terminals to hood moulds. Steep pitched roofs. North door has deeply cut fleurons in large casement moulding.
Interior: Arcade to aisle has short marble columns on raised plinths. Open raftered arch braced collar roof carried on stone corbels and wall shafts. Vestry partitioned off in western half bay. Original stone pulpit. Font, small hexagonal and deeply carved said to have been exhibited at the Great National Exhibition, 1851 or 1862. Evangelist symbols; bowl on clustered marble columns. Contemporary pews and chancel fittings. C17 plain parish chest with iron bound corners. Arms over porch.

Listing NGR: SU0004979382

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495815

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)