Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1037396
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1037396
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH 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, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Babergh (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Boxford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 96261 40491
Details
BOXFORD CHURCH STREET 1. 5377 (east side) Church of St Mary TL 9640 60/99 23.1.58 I 2. An early C15 flint church with stone dressings. The west tower is C14, with angle buttresses. The lower offsets have carved animal figures. The parapet is castellated and there is an open lantern with a small lead spire, probably of the early C19. The timber north porch is C14, with large 2-light windows and a rib vault. Nikolaus Pevsner states that it may be the oldest timber porch in the county. The south porch is built of Caen stone, circa 1450, with elaborate panelling and 4-light traceried windows. The interior has arcades of quadrefoil shafted columns and moulded arches. The font is C15 with traceried panels and a C17 cupboard type font cover with an ogee dome and painted on the inside. The pulpit is C18 and octagonal. Graded for its architectural, historical and topographical interest.
Listing NGR: TL9626140491
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 276246
- 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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