Church of St Mary
Church of St Mary, Beaumont
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1335624
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1957
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Mary, Beaumont
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1335624
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1957
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Mary, Beaumont
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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, Beaumont
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Beaumont
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 34811 59298
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 15 November 2022 to reformat the text to current standards.
NY 35 NW
5/4
BEAUMONT
Church of St Mary
1/5/57
II*
Church. Late C12 with restorations of 1784, 1872 and 1888. Squared and coursed red and calciferous sandstone (from the nearby Roman Wall) on chamfered plinth. Graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and cross finial. Nave/chancel of five bays with west open bellcote, south porch and north vestry. Timbered C19 porch; entrance with reused Norman arch of two orders, engaged columns with waterleaf capitals. Pointed lancet windows of 1888, small original trefoil-head window is suggested 'lepers' squint'. C12 three-light east window; two-light west window is C19.
Interior has C15 king-post open timber roof. Piscina dated MDCCCLXXII and possible aumbry recess. East end has late C12 arcade continued on north wall but stops short of south wall; C19 stained glass. West wall: two medieval grave slabs. Late C19 furnishings and fittings. Built on the site of a turret on the Roman Wall.
Listing NGR: NY3481159298
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 78189
- 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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