Church of St Mary and Churchyard Walls
CHURCH OF ST MARY AND CHURCHYARD WALLS, MARSH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1231927
- Date first listed:
- 30-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary and Churchyard Walls
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY AND CHURCHYARD WALLS, MARSH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1231927
- Date first listed:
- 30-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary and Churchyard Walls
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY AND CHURCHYARD WALLS, MARSH 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 AND CHURCHYARD WALLS, MARSH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- East Staffordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stanton
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 12586 45962
Details
SK 14 NW STANTON C.P. MARSH LANE (S.E. side)
2/173 Church of St. Mary and churchyard walls
GV II
Parish Church. 1846-7. By W. Evans of Manchester. Rock faced ashlar with chiselled ashlar dressings; slate roof with coped verges. 4 bay nave, lower 2 bay chancel, south porch, north vestry; angle buttresses. Early English style. Nave and chancel have lancet windows under plain hood moulds, triple lancet to east end under one continuous hood mould and double lancet to west end; gabled belfry to west gable with open lancet arch housing the bell. Interior: Pointed chancel arch; nave roof of arch braced collars with king posts above, double purlins and narrow ridge piece, principals and braces stand on short beams projecting from wall plate level and supported by short posts standing on corbels; chancel roof with braced collars and king post and raking struts above, single purlins and narrow ridge piece, collar braces springing from corbels. Fittings: C19 stone font with squat stepped base, octagonal pedestal moulded at bottom and octagonal bowl with carved trefoil headed blind arcading; C19 wooden bench pews; 7-sided C19 pulpit entered from the vestry, trefoil head panels, and nook shaft to each angle; brass eagle lectern; C19 balustraded wooden altar rail with balusters as nook shafts flanking open pointed arches; stained glass to east window. Stands within a small churchyard enclosed by rubble walls.
Listing NGR: SK1258645962
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 407203
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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