Church of St Mary the Virgin

CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH HILL

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1029719
Date first listed:
11-Jun-1958
List Entry Name:
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH HILL
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1029719
Date first listed:
11-Jun-1958
Date of most recent amendment:
19-Nov-1984
List Entry Name:
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH HILL

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH HILL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Surrey
District:
Tandridge (District Authority)
Parish:
Tatsfield
National Grid Reference:
TQ 41724 56142

Details

TQ 45NW TATSFIELD C.P. CHURCH HILL TATSFIELD 4/280 Church of St Mary 11.6.58 the Virgin Parish Church) II

Church. C12 with C13 alterations, tower 1838 and south porch late C19. Rubblestone with stone dressings, mortar rendering to chancel, vestry and north nave wall, timber framed south porch; all with plain tiled roofs. Nave and chancel with vestry to north east, porch to south and tower to west. Single stage tower with diagonal buttresses, stone cornice and arched trefoil head lancets above; chancel walls battering to north and south. 2 lancet windows to north side. Perpendicular window to south, C14 window to east.

Interior: simple, Crown-post roof to nave, 3 framed bays, window to south west with round headed rear-arch on thin jamb shafts with moulded capitals, 1 pointed chancel arch dying into imposts, quatrefoil window in C13 south chancel wall. South chancel lancet rear arch with keel shaped section main order on shafts with circular abaci and continuous inner order, c1230.

Fittings: Ogee arched piscina on east chancel wall. Two rectangular openings on south wall. Stone font, bowl on stem with billet type decoration on top.

Monument: South nave wall. Dedicated to John Corbett died 1712. Oak aedicular type with gilt framing, urn in broken pediment top supported on Doric half columns.

PEVSNER: Buildings of England, Surrey (1971) pp. 480-1

Listing NGR: TQ4172456142

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
287935
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Nairn, I Rev. by Cherry, The Buildings of England: Surrey, (1971), 480-481

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.

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