Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1030822
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1030822
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE STREET
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dennington
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 28159 66965
Details
TM 26 NE DENNINGTON THE STREET
3/49 Church of St. Mary - 7.12.66 GV I
Parish church. Medieval. Nave, chancel, north and south aisles, west tower, north porch, north sacristy. Random flint and stone rubble, the nave plastered at clerestory level; stone dressings; red brick sacristy; leaded roof to nave, slated roof to chancel. Fine late C14 tower with later crenellated brick parapet; 3-stage diagonal buttresses to west, angle buttresses against the north and south faces on the east side; at the north east corner is a staircase turret which rises above the parapet; the west face of the tower has a moulded doorway with original doors and a 3-light window with 3 large stepped niches above; 2-light bell chamber openings. Late C14 5- bay aisles with 3-light windows; 6-bay clerestorey with original 2-light windows. Early C15 porch with flushwork to plinth and lower facade; above and to each side of the entrance are empty niches; original nave door. Fine early C14 3-bay chancel: matching 3-light windows to north and south, 5-light east window, all with reticulated tracery and hood moulds with carved stops; original Priest's doorway to south. Internally the windows are shafted and have hood moulds, both with finely carved capitals and stops. North of the chancel is the 2-storey mid C15 sacristy, in largely original condition. 5- bay aisle arcades with octagonal piers; the eastern bay of the north and south aisles are the Lady Chapel and Bardolph Chapel respectively. Early C14 single framed and braced nave roof; original lean-to aisle roofs. South window recess of Bardolph Chapel has fine carved stonework forming a decorative canopy to a tomb chest below; to either side of the window are stone shafts with candle platforms. South chancel has a fine piscina and sedilia with enriched triangular canopies. The furnishing are particularly fine. In summary: C15 font with medieval cover; very fine set of richly carved C15 benches; some good box pews, mainly C18-C19; three-decker pulpit (1628); exceptionally fine mid C15 parclose screens to both chapels, complete with lofts; carved dado of C15 rood screen; C18 altar rails; pyx canopy of c.1500; Royal Arms of George III above south door; framed copies of Lord's Prayer, Creed and Commandments (1842) in south aisle. Tomb of Lord Bardolph (d.1441) and his wife in Bardolph Chapel: very fine carved alabaster tomb chest with recumbent effigies; good wall monument to Sir Thomas Rous (d.1603) also in Bardolph Chapel. 5 chancel windows retain some good medieval stained glass. Graded I for medieval fabric and furnishings.
Listing NGR: TM2815966965
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 285287
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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