Church of St Mary the Virgin
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1299362
- Date first listed:
- 08-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1299362
- Date first listed:
- 08-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, HIGH 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 THE VIRGIN, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Boston Spa
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 42848 45763
Details
SE 4245-4345 BOSTON SPA HIGH STREET LS23 (north side)
6/68 Church of St. Mary the Virgin
GV II
Church. Originally of 1812-14 by S. Taite; completely rebuilt in 3 stages between 1872 and 1884 by W. H. Parkinson, Ashlar magnesian limestone with some sandstone dressinqs, graduated green slate roof. Cruciform plan with west tower, 4-bay aisled nave and with north chapel and south vestry against a short chancel, Gothic Revival, in Early English style. Tower (1884): 3 stages; double-chamfered plinth and moulded band; offset angle buttresses rise 1½ stages and terminate at gablets set on carved heads, north-west stair turret of same height. South doorway with moulded, pointed arch having shafts, dogtooth moulding and hoodmould in a raised panel with gable and cross. West window of one tall, trefoiled light beneath hoodmould with grotesque stops. Offset string course to 2nd stage with 2 lancets to west linked by hoodmould, flush ashlar band beneath south and west clock faces. Offset belfry stage has paired louvred and traceried openings linked by continuous hoodmould. Ornamental string course below parapet with corner merlons and central gablets; pyramidal roof with weathervana, Nave (1877): chamfered plinth and moulded band; aisle buttresses at west angle and between pairs of lancet windows; stepped, 3-light west window with hoodmould Clerestory: two windows of 2 trefoiled lights to each bay; moulded eaves with carved heads to steeply-pitched roof with east gable copings and cross. South transept: blocked west door; angle buttresses flank couth windows of 2, tall trefoiled lights with linking hoodmould, gable trefoil, North side is similar but aisle has one less bay to west (adjoining church rooms under construction, 1987). Chancel (1872): lower and with tall trefoiled 2-light windows on each side and stepped 3-light east window under hoodmould with head-carved stops; east gable copings with cross, Twin-gabled south vestry; gabled north chapel. Interior: double-chamfered tower arch, the inner order on shafts rising from head-carved corbels, Arcades, of 4 bays to south and of 3 bays to north, have round piers, carved capitals and deeply-chamfered, pointed arches. Angel corbels to aisle principals and to arch-braced nave roof. Transept arches of 2 hollow-chamfered orders. Chancel arch is chamfered with short shafts to inner order; 2 moulded arches into the vestry have central pier; seoilia. Stained glass east window by Clayton and Bell, Early Cl9 wall monuments in south transept and under tower; next to tower dour a plaque from earlier church with date 1812 and name 'S, Taite Arch.t'. H. L. Freeman, The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 1985 (church guide). B, M. Scott,Boston Spa, 2nd edition, 1985, pp 46-50 (plates)
Listing NGR: SE4284845763
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 341988
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Freeman, HL, The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, (1985)
Scott, BM, Boston Spa, (1985), 46-50
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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