Ruins of Old Church of St Mary Magdalen (650 Metres to West of Mill Farm)
RUINS OF OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALEN (650 METRES TO WEST OF MILL FARM), CHENIES BOTTOM
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348448
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of Old Church of St Mary Magdalen (650 Metres to West of Mill Farm)
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALEN (650 METRES TO WEST OF MILL FARM), CHENIES BOTTOM
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348448
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of Old Church of St Mary Magdalen (650 Metres to West of Mill Farm)
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINS OF OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALEN (650 METRES TO WEST OF MILL FARM), CHENIES BOTTOM
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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:
- RUINS OF OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALEN (650 METRES TO WEST OF MILL FARM), CHENIES BOTTOM
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chenies
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 00845 98669
Details
FLAUNDEN CHENIES BOTTOM TQ 09 NW (North side) Ruins of old Church of St Mary 8/103 Maqdalen (650m to west of Mill Farm) 26.1.67 (formerly listed as Ruins of the old parish church)
- II
Parish church, now a ruin. Early C13, abandoned in 1838 when new church of St. Mary Magdalen built in village (q.v). Flint with stone dressings. On the extreme southern-most edge of the Parish, almost in the County of Buckinghamshire. It was a small building with the plan of a Greek cross probably built about 1230. After 1838 fell into ruins, but a substantial portion remained in 1910. All that now exists is a portion of flint rubble walling hidden in the midst of a coppice on the edge of the River Chess. Scheduled Ancient Monument (Herts no. 15). (RCHM(1911)89-90 No.1: VCH(1908)227: Kelly(1914)101: Pevsner(1977)143).
Listing NGR: TQ0084598669
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157630
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, The Victoria History of the County of Hertford, (1908)
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977), 143
Kellys Directory in Hertfordshire, (1914), 101
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
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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