Church of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1230285
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jun-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1230285
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jun-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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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 AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Charnwood (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rothley
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 58595 12654
Details
ROTHLEY
SK 51 SE CHURCH STREET (East End)
6/103
1.6.66 Church of St. Mary the Virgin and St. John the Baptist
GV II*
Church. C13-C15, restored and chancel rebuilt 1878. 1878 restoration by R. Reynolds Rowe of Cambridge. Granite rubble stone with stone dressings and part battlemented, part Swithland slate roof. Stone coped gables, some with cross finials. W tower, nave, aisles, chancel, N organ chamber and N porch. Perp W tower of 3 stages with clasping buttresses becoming polygonal at second stage, and angle at third stage. W doorway with traceried spandrels. 3-light W window with stained glass of 1879. Clock face, quatrefoil and 1-light windows at second stage. Four 2-light bell openings, quartrefoiled lozenge frieze and battlements. Tall nave arch with deeply hollowed mouldings on semi-circular responds. 4½ bay N arcade of C13, with unchamfered arches of one step on circular piers. Four bay S arcade with double chamfered arches on octagonal piers. Perp clerestory with 4 3-light windows on either side. Restored 6 bay low-pitch tie beam roof, the tie beams original and with carved bosses. C14 N aisle the four windows with renewed Reticulated tracery, three filled with C19 stained glass. NE window with Intersected tracery opens into C19 N organ chamber. N door and porch. Double chamfered chancel arch on polygonal responds. Chancel has polygonal boarded roof and most of the windows filled with later C19 stained glass. C14 S aisle, the windows with renewed Curvilinear tracery, and the SE with stained glass of 1897. Piscina with cusped niche. Small S door, and larger S door. Fine series of monuments. Tombe-chest with incised lid to Bartholomew Kyngston, died 1486, and wife. On front are inscribed Kingston's Will and coat of arms. Incised slab is Robert Vincent and two wives, c1530. Tomb-chest with incised lid to Humfrey Babington, died 1549, and wife. Hanging monument with many small figures to Thomas Babington, died 1567, and wife. Panel from C16 monument with two mermaids holding coat of arms of Kyngston impaling Skeffington. Wall monument to Anne Babington, died 1648, in alabaster with black and red marble, showing within an oval niche the busts of both Anne and her husband Mathew Babington : attributed to Edward Marshall. C19 wall monumnent, oak choir stalls and brass lectern. Round Norman font, with pattern of concentric lozenges, on C19 short shafts. Chancel screen, Perp, with 1-light divisions, ogee arches decorated with foliage. Said dated 1520 in Kelly's Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1881, where also tower dated 1425. White's Leicestershire and Rutland, 1877, and Pevsner.
Listing NGR: SK5859512654
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 405199
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Whites Directory in Leicestershire and Rutland, (1877)
Kellys Directory in Leicestershire Rutland Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, (1881)
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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