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Church of St Mary Magdalene

A Grade I Listed Building in Hart, Hartlepool

Hart Saxon Church from the South-west

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The squat tower, constructed of magnesium limestone, is Norman, externally of two stages marked by a chamfered set-back, and terminates in a straight moulded parapet, probably of 18th or early 19th-century date, with nondescript corner ornaments. The lower stage is lighted on the south and west by two narrow lancet openings, the jambs and heads chamfered externally. The north side is blank, and on the east the tower is open to the nave by a semicircular arch. The opening is an insertion in the west wall of the ancient nave. The lofty upper stage has a lancet on the south side in the lower part, the belfry window above being a small square-headed opening not centrally placed, and the whole of the north side is blank. The west belfry window is a tall narrow square-headed opening, and that on the east a lancet. The tower is without buttresses or vice, and the floor is 18 in. above that of the nave.

Uploaded by Antony Cairns on 9 July 2011

Photo ID: 16798
Building ID: 101249898
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