Church of St Mary the Virgin
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1231852
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1231852
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH 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 THE VIRGIN, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Padbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 72141 30921
Details
SP 7230 PADBURY CHURCH LANE
10/101 Church of St. Mary the Virgin
13/7/66 II*
Parish church. C13 nave, chancel and W. tower. C14 aisles, C16 alterations, tower rebuilt C17. Much restored 1830 and 1882. Late C19 S. porch. Early C20 vestry to N. side of tower. Coursed rubble stone, flat lead roof to nave and aisles, tiled roof to chancel. W. tower of three stages with plinth, parapet, pointed openings to bell-chamber, tall arched W. door with modern round headed window above. Nave has rendered clerestory : three round cusped C14 windows to N., four 3-light Perpendicular windows to S., much restored, with blind circular window to centre over porch. S. aisle has paired lancets to W. wall, Perpendicular windows to S. and E. walls. C14 S. door, restored, with continuous moulded arch and jambs and earlier label with nailhead ornament and carved head stops. N. aisle has Decorated windows. Chancel has small low lancets to W. and 2-light windows to E., that to N. with Y tracery that to S. Decorated.3-light E. window with reticulated tracery. Interior: tower has triple chamfered arch on carved head corbels. Nave of four bays: double chamfered arcade on octagonal piers with moulded caps, end arches on corbels, some with carved heads. Early C13 chancel arch, rebuilt, on piers with wide segmental pilasters. Roofs have some original timbers, restored C17, C18 and C19. Chancel has small aumbry and cusped ogee piscina in S. wall. S. aisle has two trefoiled piscinas, one with dogtooth ornament. C14 figurative wall paintings in spandrels of S. arcade and wall of N. aisle. Altar table dated 1634. Other fittings late C19. Early C20 glass. C18 wall tablets in chancel.
RCHM II pp 231-3
Listing NGR: SP7214130921
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 407106
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume Two North, (1913)
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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