Church of St Mary Magdalene
CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, FRONT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1240478
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, FRONT STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1240478
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, FRONT STREET
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 MAGDALENE, FRONT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 11891 54374
Details
NZ 15 SW
6/60 (inset)
6/6/51
CONSETT
FRONT STREET
(North side)
Medomsley
Church of St. Mary Magdalene
(Formerly listed as Medomsley Church)
GV
I
Parish church. C13, largely rebuilt 1878 by Austin, Johnson and Hicks except
for chancel and part of south wall. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar
dressings, plinth and quoins; stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings.
Rave with north aisle and south porch; chancel with north organ chamber and
vestry. Steeply-gabled porch has double doors in many-moulded 2-centred-arched,
shafted surround; stone cross finial; inner door with large delicate wrought
iron hinges, in slightly-chamfered round-headed surround, recessed in roll-
moulded shafted arch under flat dripmould. Narrow windows, some lancets and
some round-headed, longer in nave and paired to right of porch. 3 stepped east
lancets. Buttressed west end with single lancet above short buttress; south
chancel windows on sill string; east drip string raised to high gable containing
roundel. Bellcote with paired openings and weathercock. Steeply-pitched roof,
lower on chancel, has angelus and east cross finials.
Interior: painted plaster with ashlar dressings; braced king-post nave roof and
panelled chancel roof with brattished friezes. Wide 2-centred chancel arch,
with wide chamfer, and similar inner arch on corbels with nail-head decoration,
under dripmould. C19 4-bay north arcade in similar style on round piers and
end corbels; similar C19 arches to north Lady chapel/organ chamber. East
lancets have moulded rerearches on ringed shafts with nail-head capitals;
other windows have C19 rerearches, those in north aisle round, with paired
blind 2-centred arches between, the others shouldered. 4 medieval candle-
holders (perhaps re-used head-stops) set in chancel side walls; moulded cusped
aumbry, and square-headed piscina under sill string. C20 glass in 2 south
chancel windows signed Heaton, Butler and Bayne, London, to R.E. Parr, vicar.
C19 choir screen. Monuments include 2 late Georgian memorial plaques to Hunter
family, by Joplings of Gateshead and Newcastle. Grave slabe at west end to
Jane Hunter died 1738, and other members of the family to 1843, all interred in
the vault. Medieval-style octagonal pedestal font.
Listing NGR: NZ1189154374
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 438930
- 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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