Description

BUCKLEBURY MARLSTON
SU 57 SW
5/7 Church of St. Mary
7.12.71
GV II*
Church, C12 with north door of circa 1170, restored in 1855 by William
Butterfield, and in 1876 and 1901 when bellcote was added. Flint with stone
dressings; old tile roof over nave and chancel; shingled bellcote at west
end of nave, 3 cinquefoiled arches on each face with quatrefoils above,
pyramidal tiled roof and weathervane. Nave, chancel, south porch and
north vestry. Nave: West End: diagonal buttresses, window with 2 ogee
headed cusped lights and hoodmould. South Side: gabled timber south
porch on low stone wall with tiled roof and 3 small arches in gable end;
large trefoiled south doorway, lancet to right flanked by paired lancets
to right and left. North side. paired lancets to left, C12 doorway to
right of one order with shafts and scalloped capitals. Chancel: South
Side: 2 cusped lancets with buttress to left. East end; diagonal
buttresses. Large Decorated style window with 3 cinquefoiled lights,
trefoils and hexafoil in tracery above, and hoodmould with carved stops.
North Side; 2 cusped lancets. Vestry: gabled to north with stack
consisting of 2 octagonal shafts with moulded caps, diagonal buttresses
to north and window with 2 ogee headed lights, quatrefoil in tracery,
and hoodmould with carved stops. Square headed window to east with 2
ogee lights, and lancet style doorway to west. Interior: 7 bay C19 arch
braced roof with windbraces. Wall piscina in chancel to south-east, C12
pillar piscina to north-east; all other fittings C19 including octagonal
font, octagonal pulpit and reredos. V.C.H, Vol. 3, p.296; B.O.E, Berkshire,
p .177.

Listing NGR: SU5290971967

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553030

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback