Description

SP 7230 PADBURY CHURCH LANE

10/101 Church of St. Mary
the Virgin

13/7/66
II*

Parish church. C13 nave, chancel and W. tower. C14 aisles, C16
alterations, tower rebuilt C17. Much restored 1830 and 1882. Late
C19 S. porch. Early C20 vestry to N. side of tower. Coursed rubble
stone, flat lead roof to nave and aisles, tiled roof to chancel. W. tower
of three stages with plinth, parapet, pointed openings to bell-chamber,
tall arched W. door with modern round headed window above. Nave has
rendered clerestory : three round cusped C14 windows to N., four 3-light
Perpendicular windows to S., much restored, with blind circular window
to centre over porch. S. aisle has paired lancets to W. wall,
Perpendicular windows to S. and E. walls. C14 S. door, restored,
with continuous moulded arch and jambs and earlier label with nailhead
ornament and carved head stops. N. aisle has Decorated windows. Chancel
has small low lancets to W. and 2-light windows to E., that to N. with
Y tracery that to S. Decorated.3-light E. window with reticulated
tracery. Interior: tower has triple chamfered arch on carved head
corbels. Nave of four bays: double chamfered arcade on octagonal
piers with moulded caps, end arches on corbels, some with carved heads.
Early C13 chancel arch, rebuilt, on piers with wide segmental pilasters.
Roofs have some original timbers, restored C17, C18 and C19. Chancel
has small aumbry and cusped ogee piscina in S. wall. S. aisle has
two trefoiled piscinas, one with dogtooth ornament. C14 figurative
wall paintings in spandrels of S. arcade and wall of N. aisle. Altar
table dated 1634. Other fittings late C19. Early C20 glass. C18
wall tablets in chancel.

RCHM II pp 231-3

Listing NGR: SP7214130921

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536159

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