Church of St Mary

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TF 57 SW HOGSTHORPE HIGH STREET (south side)

2/30 Church of St. Mary 3.2.67

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Parish church. C12, early C13, late C15, 1607, C19. Chancel rebuilt 1870. Restorations 1853, 1910. Limestone and chalk ashlar. Limestone and greenstone coursed and squared rubble, red brick with ashlar dressings, slate and lead roofs. Western tower, clerestoried nave, aisles, chancel, south porch. 3 stage C12 tower has tall lower stage, roll and concave moulded string courses, battlemented parapet, clasping buttresses to lower stage only. The tower is basically of limestone with some greenstone banding, with chalk and red brick patching. The C15 added belfry stage has triple louvred panel traceried lights in each direction. Below is a blocked early C13 opening with engaged angle shafts. On the west side a pair of early C13 tall lancets with short central buttress between. To middle stage another blocked opening with double pointed head. The east side has a pair of pointed lights. The north aisle is in a mixture of brick and greenstone with lead roof and plain parapet. The west buttress has a reused tombstone with stepped cross. The 2 light windows are C19 Y traceried, one at each end and 4 on the north side, subdivided by stepped buttresses. The C19 north door is pointed and double chamfered. The C19 limestone ashlar chancel with slate roof is in C14 reticulated style and has a 2 light window to north, a 3 light window to the east, and a pair of 2 light windows to the south. On the south east quoin is a reused C14 armorial stone, and on the south side a pointed doorway. The south aisle and porch are both C15 originally in greenstone and ashlar, with bell moulded plinth, partly rebuilt in 1607 in brick and ashlar. The aisle now contains 5 two light rectangular windows with moulded surrounds and hoods, one in the east end. On the parapet a date inscribed "1607 TCTS". The west window of the south aisle is C19 of 2 lights. The southern clerestorey has 3 paired cusped C14 lights, recut. C15 gabled ashlar porch with stepped angle buttresses and double chamfered arch with filleted shafted reveals. Above is an ogee niche and a Latin inscription recording the construction of the porch by the brothers and sisters of the Guild of St. Mary. Fine wave moulded oqee headed inner door. Early C13 5 bay nave arcades with circular piers, annular capitals, 2 with stiff leaf foliage, and double chamfered arches with human head stops, one a female with nose band. Early C13 tower arch with filleted shafted responds, octagonal capitals, triple chamfered arch. Cl9 chamfered chancel arch with hobnailed imposts. C19 roofs. Panelled octagonal pulpit dated 1730, C15 octagonal font with shields and cusped panels to bowl and stem. All other fittings are C19.

Listing NGR: TF5341672214

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