Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1177216
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
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- Date:
- 2002-09-16
- Reference:
- IOE01/08925/04
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1177216
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- 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:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stoke St. Mary
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 26581 22337
Details
STOKE ST MARY CP ST22SE STOKE ST MARY VILLAGE 5/127 Church of St Mary 25.2.55
GV II*
Parish church. C13 tower, chancel and nave, refenestrated C15, 1864 south aisle added, church extensively restored, refenestrated and refitted after a fire. Roughcast over rubble, Ham stone dressings, exposed quoins to chancel with blue lias plinth, lias random rubble south aisle and tower, latter partly rendered and scored, slate roofs, coped verges. West tower, 3-bay nave, north porch, 3-bay south aisle with organ bay and south east vestry, chancel. Two stage crenellated tower, dwarf clasping buttresses, string course, projection on east face marking height of earlier nave roof, lancet louvred bell-openings, lancet set above lintel of west door, pointed arch opening, C19 door; 2-light window west end of south aisle, three 2-light windows, single storey buttressed vestry with reset 2-light mullioned window east end, buttressed chancel, 2-light window south side, 3-light east end, early C19 lias tablet to Brown family, north front two 2-light windows left and one right of single storey, gabled porch, chamfered pointed arch openings, lancets on returns, C19 ribbed compartment ceiling, C19 door. Interior: rendered chancel arch C13 in origin, much restored, strongly moulded C13 tower arch under hoodmould with rear arch chamfered in 2 orders, plank screen infill. C19 roofs, chancel ceiled wagon roof, nave plastered vault, collar and principal roof to south aisle. C19 aumbry; jambs below south window in chancel extended to form sedila. Fittings of 1864: stone pulpit, Perpendicular style font, pine pews. Late C19 stained glass. Wooden "modus" board, said to be dated 1805, listing tithe contributions in the form of customary payments for various lands in the parish. Rare survival detailing this once important and contentious aspect of parish life. Brass set on slate to William Burridge, died 1758, and other members of his family signed by William Goodwyn, sculptor, the slate surround signed M Lang, Taunton. The chapel of St Ann in the south aisle was dedicated 1972. (Pevsner, Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, 1958).
Listing NGR: ST2658122337
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 270916
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset, (1958)
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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