Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1371694
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1371694
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, MAIN 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, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Little Harrowden
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 87159 71679
Details
LITTLE HARROWDEN MAIN STREET SP87SE (North side) 2/231 Church of St. Mary 28/05/54
GV II*
Church. Late C12, C14, C17, mid C19 and C20. Regular coursed and squared coursed ironstone and limestone with lead roof. Aisled nave and chancel. South elevation of chancel of one-window range with 3-light C14 window with 4-centred head. 4-light east window with Y-tracery supporting a roundel with cusping. North elevation of chancel of one-window range with late C13 two-light window with blank bay alongside. South aisle of 3-window range of 2-light windows with Y-tracery. Small door opening to right has single-chamfered pointed arch. Late C12 door opening to left has semi-circular arch with 3 roll mouldings and an outer zig-zag moulding supported on 3 orders of shafts with volute capitals. Projecting stone surround to door opening has ashlar coping with inscribed stone "AND DN 1602 CD IB". Lean-to roof with ashlar parapets, parts having quatrefoil frieze. Mid C19 north aisle of 3-window range of 2-light Gothic windows with 2-stage buttresses between. Similar east and west windows. Nave clerestory of 3-window range of 2-light square head windows, one blocked to south. Shallow gabled roof with ashlar parapets. West tower collapsed 1967. The base is now formed into a single storey vestry with a re-used ashlar coping with a corbel table below. C14 single-light window on west elevation. West wall of chancel above the vestry has datestone 1970 with flanking buttresses, glazed tower arch and bellcote at apex. Interior: 3-bay nave arcade. The south-east bay is an early C13 double chamfered arch with polygonal responds. The 2 south-west bays are probably late C13 double-chamfered arches with octagonal pier, separated from the south-east arcade by a section of wall. North arcade is mid C19 of double-chamfered arches with octagonal piers. Small early C19 double-chamfered arch with polygonal responds between chancel and south aisle. Double-chamfered tower arch now part glazed. Some original timbers may remain in the nave and south aisle roofs. C14 piscinas in chancel and south aisle. Perpendicular rood screen restored C19. Monuments: 2 early C19 marble tablets to Carwarden family in west wall of south aisle. C19 font. Ribbed and braced door. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.293).
Listing NGR: SP8715971679
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 233511
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1973), 293
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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