Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1030893
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1030893
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Martlesham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 26247 46899
Details
TM 24 NE MARTLESHAM CHURCH LANE
Church of St. Mary 2/12 16.3.66 II* GV
Parish church. West tower C15 with C14 nave and south porch. Chancel rebuilt c.1836 and east end again in 1905. Tower is of random flint and ashlar with stepped diagonal buttresses with flushwork of sacred initials at base; flushwork on battlements. Nave and chancel are of flint and stucco with plain tiled roofs. Interior of nave with heptagonal roof c.1900; original hammer beam roof was reused in rebuilt chancel. C14 octagonal font. Pulpit dated 1614; some old poppy heads remain on some benches with animals on arms. There are six divisions of the dado of the screen now on south side of chancel. A fresco to St. Christopher was uncovered c.1900 on north wall. A stained glass window in the Arts and Crafts manner by Walter J. Pearce is dated 1903. II* for tower.
Listing NGR: TM2624746899
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 285039
- 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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