Church St Mary the Virgin
CHURCH ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1114778
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-1964
- List Entry Name:
- Church St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1114778
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-1964
- List Entry Name:
- Church St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
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 ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bedford (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bolnhurst and Keysoe
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 07390 62490
Details
TL 0762 BOLNHURST AND KEYSOE CHURCH ROAD, KEYSOE
15/26 Church of St Mary The Virgin
13.7.64 I
Parish Church, late C12-C15. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. Chancel, N chapel, nave, S porch, N aisle, W tower. Chancel: late C12 round-headed S doorway. Reset C13 lancet, with jambs carried down for sedilia, to S wall. C14 E window. C15 2-bay N arcade, W bay blocked by organ. C14 chancel arch. N chapel: C15 N wall W window reuses earlier work. Nave: c1340 3 bay N arcade, roof-loft door to NE. 2 C15 windows to S wall, E one set in C14 jambs. C15 clerestory, with S windows bigger than N ones. Embattled parapet. late C12 S doorway with semi- circular head. Mid C14 S porch: square-headed side windows, pointed arched doorway, surmounted by worn image niche. N aisle: 2 C14 N windows, 2-centred arched N doorway Recent restoration visible outside. main parapet. Early C15 4-stage W tower. Angle buttresses rise to top, surmounted by crocketed pinnacles. Embattled parapet, octagonal spire with 3 tiers of lights. C18 inscription to W wall. Interior: C14 octagonal font on octagonal base with gablets and inscription in French. C13 coffin lid in N chapel. Nave has some C16 bench ends and fronts, some retaining traceried panels.
Listing NGR: TL0739062490
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 36202
- 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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