Description

ST 79 SW KINGSWOOD HIGH STREET
(east side)

7/265 Church of St. Mary

30.6.61

II

Anglican church. 1723, restored 1900. Coursed rubblestone on
dressed stone plinth and ashlar-faced to west with chamfered
alternating quoins, slightly swept tile roof with north transept
roof in slate. Nave and continuous chancel and large projecting
north transept. West end has C19 gabled porch with decorative
timber work and barge board, flanking plain 2-light cusped lancet
windows with 2 keyed oculi over. Bell-tower at top of west gable
is tile hung with hipped tile roof and weathervane and one or 2-
light louvred belfry openings on each side. 3 bays to nave and
chancel, also with plain 2-light cusped lancets. East gable is
coped with cross finial.
Interior has compartmented tunnel vault of 7 bays with arcaded west
bay and additional carved tester over chancel bays. Late Cl9 pews
with twin quatrefoil panels. Carved wooden altar with painted
Decalogue behind. Large flattened stone arch to north transept
which has flat compartmented ceiling.

Listing NGR: ST7472991994

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26531099

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)