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Parish Church of St. Mary

A Grade II* Listed Building in Brinkley, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1677 / 52°10'3"N

Longitude: 0.3812 / 0°22'52"E

OS Eastings: 562948

OS Northings: 254831

OS Grid: TL629548

Mapcode National: GBR NBW.15V

Mapcode Global: VHJGW.KSC3

Plus Code: 9F42599J+3F

Entry Name: Parish Church of St. Mary

Listing Date: 19 August 1951

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1331800

English Heritage Legacy ID: 49104

ID on this website: 101331800

Location: St Mary's Church, Brinkley, East Cambridgeshire, CB8

County: Cambridgeshire

District: East Cambridgeshire

Civil Parish: Brinkley

Built-Up Area: Brinkley

Traditional County: Cambridgeshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Brinkley

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/04/2020

TL 65 SW
9/45

BRINKLEY
HIGH STREET (north side)
Parish Church of St. Mary

19.8.51

GV
II*
Parish church, chancel C13, nave, aisles and tower C14. Clerestorey, walls of aisles and chancel largely rebuilt in 1874 restoration (see vestry report). Architect F. Thompson. Flint, pebble and clunch rubble walls originally plastered, knapped flint restored walls and plinth band to tower. Reused, limestone, clunch and C19 Ketton limestone dressings. C15 red brick porch, originally plastered and red brick repairs. Slate roofs.

Tower with clasping west buttresses of three stages with parapet and moulted plinth band. Belfry window of two-lights, arch rebuilt. Clerestorey of four bays with two-light windows linked at imposts by stone bands. Similar bands link restored aisle windows, possibly copies of original C14 clunch windows of two-lights with quatrefoil at head. North chancel window with transome for 'low side' shutters now with C14 glass fragments. East window C13 partly restored, four-lancet-lights with large quatrefoil. South porch with four-centred moulded brick arch and shafted jambs with moulded capitals and bases. Door to north entrance C15 or earlier.

Interior: nave arcades of four bays with octagonal piers with moulded caps and bases, and two-centred arches of two chamfered orders. Chancel arch raised in C19. Arch braced nave roof, pent aisle roofs, and boarded barrel roof to chancel C19. Altar rails, C18. Stoop and two piscinae in aisles C14. C17 box pew in north aisle, and restored pulpit with carved panels. Modern font. Thirty-hour clock, 1779, in tower. C16 and C17 monuments to Sturville family.

Listing NGR: TL6294854831

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