Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, ASHANGER LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1175746
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, ASHANGER LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1175746
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, ASHANGER LANE
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, ASHANGER LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- North Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Clothall
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 27098 32025
Details
TL 23 SE CLOTHALL ASHANGER LANE (West side) Clothall 6/83 Church of 27.5.68 St. Mary GV II*
Parish church. C12 origin for nave. Mid C14 S chapel. Later C14 chancel and SW tower. Windows mostly C15. Flint rubble. Some red brick and cement render. Stone dressings. Slate roof to chapel. Pyramid plain tile roof to tower. The tower is 2 stages, the lower stage a porch with a deeply splayed hooded door. Deep stepped buttresses. Belfry with single hooded trefoiled lights. S chapel has a single and a 2-light C14 window on S and 3-light restored window on E. Chancel has 2 C15 restored windows on S wall and a blocked C14 door. E window is C15, 3-lights, no cusps. Late C19 vestry addition on N side. N nave wall with 1 restored and 1 original C15 window. C17 red brick buttresses. 2-light C15 W window. Interior: original C14 S door in wave-moulded surround. Aisle-less nave with C15 low-pitched crown post roof. Arch to S chapel with triple canted shafts. Later C14 hooded and cinquefoiled piscina. 2-bay C14 chapel roof. The chancel has a C14 restored arch and a mid-C14 trefoiled piscina. E window has good re-set C15 medallioned glass with painted birds in the diamond panes. C12 table-top font at W end of nave with C17 wooden font cover. Brasses in chancel: an early C16 priest;John Vynter (d.1404) and John Wright (d.1519), both Rectors of Clothall. (Pevsner (1977)).
Listing NGR: TL2709832025
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 162238
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977)
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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