The Old Church of St Mary
THE OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1141210
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1959
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1141210
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1959
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY
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:
- THE OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Isles of Scilly (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Mary's
- National Grid Reference:
- SV 91109 10045
Details
ST. MARY'S
SV9010 OLD TOWN 1358-0/8/108 The Old Church of St. Mary 06/04/59
GV II*
Church. C12 with rebuildings of 1666, 1743 and C19; restored from dereliction in 1830s for Augustus Smith, Lord Proprietor of the Islands; second restoration of 1890 for Rev W.E. Groves. Roughly coursed rubble granite with ashlar dressings; stone-coped gabled slate roof. Single-cell plan with north porch. East gable, rebuilt 1743, has 2-light above 3-light chamfered stone-mullioned windows; apex cross of c1200 to gable. South side has similar 2-light mullioned window. North side has similar window to centre, C19 round-headed doorway to right and porch to left with 1666 datestone above segmental-arched north doorway and chamfered surround to small west window. West gable with bellcote of two unmoulded piers of rubble. Interior: C12 north door (to porch) has roll-moulded jambs with scalloped capitals to round arch with solid stone tympanum. Two mid C17 marble tablets on guttae brackets. Late C19 east window has Crucifixion flanked by Virgin Mary and St.John. (P Laws: The Buildings of Scilly: Redruth: 1980-: 5; Buildings of England: Pevsner, N and Ratcliffe, E: Cornwall: London: 1951-1970: 209) .
Listing NGR: SV9110910045
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 62476
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, (1970), 209
Laws, P, The Buildings of Scilly, (1980), 5
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Cornwall, (1951), 209
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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