Parish Church of St Mary
PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1155143
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1155143
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE 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:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Acton Turville
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 80844 80865
Details
ACTON TURVILLE C.P. THE STREET ST 88 SW (north side) 7/4 Parish Church of St Mary 3.3.61 G.V. II*
Parish Church (C of E). C12th; altered C13th and C15th; restored and rebuilt, with the addition of the north aisle and vestry in 1853 by T H Wyatt. rubble; Cotswold stone slate roof with coped raised verges. Nave; Chancel; south porch and north aisle. Nave: C15th square headed 3-light window with cusped ogee heads to lights, under drip mould. South porch: coursed, squared rubble; chamfered 2-centred arch under drip mould; south doorway; chamfered doorcase with Caernarvon arch, C14th image niche inserted in tympanum of semi-circular head which has dog-tooth moulding. Chancel: blocked priest's door and 2 simple lancet windows with chamfered surrounds; the one to the right is under a drip mould. North aisle: 2 C15th style 2 - and 3-light windows; reinserted north door with semi-circular head and dog-tooth moulding. Elaborate Early English bell turret on east gable of nave (said to have been put there in 1853 on the demolition of the central tower):ashlar; stone spirelet, with cylindrical pinnacles, rests on 4 piers; Early English chancel arch; glass, furniture and pulpit all 1912; plain Romanesque circular font on restored (1912) base.
Listing NGR: ST8084480865
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 34220
- 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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