Church of St Mary the Virgin
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LOWER WESTWOOD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1180693
- Date first listed:
- 13-Nov-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LOWER WESTWOOD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1180693
- Date first listed:
- 13-Nov-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LOWER WESTWOOD
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 VIRGIN, LOWER WESTWOOD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Westwood
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 81216 59014
Details
ST 85 NW WESTWOOD LOWER WESTWOOD (south side)
6/251 Church of St Mary the Virgin
13-11-62
GV I
Anglican parish church. C15, restored 1840. Limestone ashlar, dressed limestone, stone slate roof with coped verges. Plan: west tower, nave with north chapel, chancel. West entrance in base of tower has Tudor-arched doorway with double ledged doors and hoodmould, 3-stage Perpendicular tower has diagonal buttresses, string courses and 3-light Perpendicular window over doorway, chamfered arrowloop to middle stage, bellstage has blind traceried panels and 3-light open panels with latticed stone louvres, string course with gargoyles to battlemented parapet with traceried panels and crocketed corner pinnacles, octagonal stair turret on south east corner with similar decoration and crocketed domed roof. South side of nave has three 2-light 1840s windows, moulded cornice to battlemented parapet. Chancel south side rebuilt 1840, retains trefoil-headed planked door with incised ornament to spandrels, hoodmould, 2 cinquefoiled lights, C18 memorial tablet with open pediment on wall to right, 3-light Perpendicular east window, rubble stone north wall has chamfered lancet. C15 north chapel has set-back buttresses, 3-light pointed Perpendicular windows to east and west and two to north, moulded string course with gargoyles and battlemented parapet, broken pinnacles. North side of nave has one pointed light with square hoodmould to right of chapel. Interior: Nave has late C18 coved plaster ceiling in three panels. Tower arch with traceried panelled soffits, stair turret corbelled into nave, with carved stone Devil below. C20 wooden screen and door. Two-bay north chapel of c1400 has moulded piers with attached shafts, pointed arches, partly restored roof with finely carved panels with moulded ribs and bosses, east window flanked by damaged image niches, squint cut into east respond of aisle arcade. Low moulded pointed chancel arch, chancel has collar rafter roof, double pointed piscina on south wall with nailhead ornament. Fittings: Mid C17 chancel screen, formerly a communion rail, C15 choir stalls with traceried panels, polygonal carved wooden pulpit dated 1607, late C19 nave seating, octagonal stone pulpit with finely carved ogee-shaped cover, probably C15. C15 stained glass in chancel, east window depicting Christ on the cross. Monuments: Rococo stone tablet in nave to John Painter died 1723 with scrolled pediment and fluted pilasters, large oval marble tablet to Richard Cox died 1789, with female figure and an urn. Epitaph on stone tablet with heraldic arms to Charles Franklin, in chapel. (N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Wiltshire, 1975)
Listing NGR: ST8122159013
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 314699
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, (1975)
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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