Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen
Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen, High Street, Stony Stratford
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1310932
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen
- Statutory Address:
- Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen, High Street, Stony Stratford
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1310932
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen
- Statutory Address 1:
- Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen, High Street, Stony Stratford
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:
- Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen, High Street, Stony Stratford
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stony Stratford
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 78580 40648
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28 March 2023 to correct the name and to reformat the text to current standards
SP 7840
1/22
Stony Stratford
HIGH STREET (north-east side)
Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalen
(Formerly listed as Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalene)
12.6.53.
II*
Only the tower remains. Late C13 with clasping buttresses on two lower stages. Third stage C15 with perpendicular windows, four large corner gargoyles and a crenellated parapet gabled to north-west and south-east. Rest of church destroyed in fire of 1742 and funds collected for the rebuilding were used to rebuild and enlarge the Church of St Giles. The main part lay north-east of the tower which was entered on the south-east.
Listing NGR: SP7858040648
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 45537
- 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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