Church of St. Mary
Church of St. Mary, Church Gate, Thatcham
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1155799
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Mary
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St. Mary, Church Gate, Thatcham
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1155799
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St. Mary, Church Gate, Thatcham
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 of St. Mary, Church Gate, Thatcham
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Thatcham
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 51648 67229
Details
SU 5167
8/25
THATCHAM
CHURCH GATE (north side)
Church of St. Mary
6.4.67
II*
GV
Church. C12 and later including C13 arcade and C15 north aisle, rebuilt in 1857 by Thomas Hellyer in Decorated style with plinth, hood moulds and parapetted gables. Flint with Bath stone dressings, some coursed rubble in tower and north aisle, tiled roofs. West tower, nave, north aisle, south aisle with chapel to east, south porch, chancel and vestry.
West tower: two stages with diagonal buttresses, newel turret to south west, string course with gargoyles and embattled parapet. Three-light bell chamber openings with panelled tracery, and C19 west doorway.
South aisle: three bays with two-light windows; Danvers chapel to east, three bays, two-light windows with panelled tracery, and three-light window to east. C12 south doorway of three orders with scalloped capitals, and chevron ornament on arch. C19 gabled south porch with angle buttresses.
North aisle: three bays, two-light windows with panelled tracery; square headed door between first and second bays from west. Three-light window with panelled tracery at east end, with small cusped one light opening in gable above. Chancel: one lancet to south, and door with hood mould to right; three-light east window with panelled tracery.
Interior: three bay north and south nave arcades with square piers and chamfered arches. North aisle windows have chamfered rear arches, and shafts with moulded bases and capitals. Large C19 Norman style chancel arch. South aisle chapel has C15 flat panelled roof, all others C19. All fittings C19.
Monuments: stone chest tomb with trefoiled panels to Sir William Danvers of 1504 in south aisle chapel; alabaster wall tablet with kneeling figures to Nicholas Fuller of 1620 in chancel.
Listing NGR: SU5164867231
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 39627
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966), 239
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1923), 323-325
Murrays Architectural Guide in Berkshire, (1949), 146
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 5 February 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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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