CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
List entry Number: 1100951
Location
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, TOLLGATE ROAD
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Hertfordshire
District: Welwyn Hatfield
District Type: District Authority
Parish: North Mymms
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 30-Mar-1966
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 158545
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History
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Details
North Mymms
TL 20 SW NORTH MYMMS TOLLGATE ROAD
(south side)
11/281 Church of St Mary
the Virgin
30.3.66
GV II*
Church. Mostly C14; upper parts of W tower mid C15. S Porch and
Vestry added c.1860 when the whole church was restored. Rubble
and flint walls. Stone dressings. Machine tile roofs. W tower
has diagonal buttresses. C14 arched door in 2 orders with
foliage capitals and squares. 3-light contemporary window above;
those of 3rd and 4th stages in 1 and 2 lights of c.1440-50. N
aisle has 3-light Decorated style windows. N chapel added 1328-
9. Circa 1970 N extension joins N aisle. Restored chancel walls
and E window. Nave has 3 arcade arches on octagonal piers.
Triple chamfered chancel arch with traces of intended crossing
tower and transept arches. Good monuments. N chancel wall:
c.1360 brass of priest, probably Flemish; 3 brasses on S wall
of C15 and C16. Large standing monument on N side of chancel
next to altar to John Lord Somers (d. 1716) by P Scheemakers:
marble door at foot leading to vestry, life-size figure of
Justice above against a white obelisk. N nave aisle has wall
monuments of C18: corner monument to George Jarvis (d. 1716) with
demi figure in niche tabernacle; to Lydia Mews (d. 1751): panel
with fluted pilasters. Against N wall of nave aisle is C16 chest
tomb with figure on top panel in inlaid lead outline. Nearby
1795 monument to J Hickson by J Bacon. Oak hexagonal C16 pulpit
with shallow carved panels. (Pevsner (1977)).
Listing NGR: TL2212704445
Selected Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977)
National Grid Reference: TL 22127 04445
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