Parish Church of St. Mary
Parish Church of St. Mary, Church Road, Shaw, Newbury
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291032
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St. Mary
- Statutory Address:
- Parish Church of St. Mary, Church Road, Shaw, Newbury
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291032
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St. Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- Parish Church of St. Mary, Church Road, Shaw, Newbury
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:
- Parish Church of St. Mary, Church Road, Shaw, Newbury
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shaw cum Donnington
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 47493 68303
Details
SU 46NE
7/55
SHAW CUM DONNINGTON
CHURCH ROAD (north side)
Parish Church of St. Mary
6.4.67
GV
II
Church. 1840-2. Joseph Hansom. Chancel of 1878 by William Butterfield. West tower, nave and south porch of Bath stone ashlar; chancel and vestry to north of flint with Bath stone dressings. Slate roof. Norman style with late C13 style chancel.
West tower of three stages with angle buttresses. West door with two orders and two-light window above with central shaft. Third stage with diagonal buttresses and two-light bell chamber openings. Corbelled parapet with pinnacles; and short spire.
Nave of six bays with tall round headed windows, shallow buttresses, plinth, parapet and stair turret at south-west corner.
Gabled south porch; south door with single order and chevron decoration.
Chancel with two two-light windows to south and three-light east window with cinquefoiled head. Vestry with rose window and stack above to east.
Interior. Nave has west gallery and roof of c.1840 and plain Norman font. Moulded and chamfered chancel arch. Chancel has wagon roof and contemporary painted decoration. Fittings of c.1878. Many late C18 and early C19 monuments in nave. Good monument of 1707 to Sir Thomas Dolman. Breast plate and helmet on north-east wall of nave.
Listing NGR: SU4749368303
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 394115
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1975), 213
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1924), 94-95
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 5 February 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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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