CHURCH OF ST MARY

CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1374442
Date first listed:: 12-Mar-1964
List Entry Name:: CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address:: CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1374442
Date first listed:: 12-Mar-1964
List Entry Name:: CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1:: CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH ROAD

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH ROAD

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County:: Staffordshire
District:: East Staffordshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Rolleston on Dove
National Grid Reference:: SK 23564 27718

Details

SK 22 NW; 11/62

ROLLESTON C.P., CHURCH ROAD

Church of St Mary

12.03.64

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Parish church. C12 and C13 with later alterations, including a restoration of 1892 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. Sandstone, mainly ashlar; C12 work is finely coursed and dressed; red-tiled roof to nave and chancel and lead flat roofs to aisles behind parapets. Tower (with spire), nave, aisles set eastwards, well down line of nave, and chancel.

Tower: of three stages with strings at stages, angle buttresses of three stages, gabletted to bottom stage; crenellated parapet (gargoyles at angles) and stone spire of 1892. Deeply set labelled, pointed bell chamber openings; Y-tracery and louvres, similar but narrower west window. Nave: south side: two bays exposed, divided by two-stage buttresses; three-light pointed Decorated window to right with reticulated tracery; slight break to left with round-arched C12 doorway; three Decorated bands, roll and zig-zag; later extrados band, double pilasters with scalloped capitals, boarded doors. North side of nave has one bay exposed with unusual window of C17 appearance; three trefoil-headed lights and criss-cross panel over with trefoils within panels under flat head. South aisle: of 1892. Three bays divided by two-stage buttresses, larger bay to east, labelled two-light pointed reticulated tracery windows to all but east bay containing a small pointed Priest's door. North aisle: of four bays divided by two-stage buttresses. Inner windows small C19 pointed with two lights, three-light pointed to right, three-light to east end with geometric tracery. Pent porch to north-west side of aisle, small two-light pointed windows to sides and labelled pointed arch to boarded door. Chancel: longer than nave and part-screened by aisles of approximately two bays; three-light pointed east windows, three-light cinquefoil-headed window to north.

INTERIOR: two-bay nave. Arcades both sides pointed, on octagonal columns; tower (very low-set) and chancel arches simple, pointed; nave roof of four bays; collar and arched braces with cusped screens; curved wind braces to purlin and ridge; two-bay scissor truss to chancel; cambered tie to north aisle. Pulpits: octagonal, fretted oak on base stone and C19-octagonal stone pulpit with quatrefoil panelled sides at west end. Font: octagonal stone with boarded and close to rim. Wooden screen to tower. Stained glass in chancel by Kempe. MONUMENTS: Bishop Sherburne of Chichester of 1536: recumbent figure reset in north wall of chancel, torso divided by cartouche block; sanctuary: Thomas Caldwell, died 1554, circa 1600 stone kneeling figures of lady and gentleman flank central figure, all within corbelled portico, decorated frieze to niche in centre, coat-of-arms, cartouche and arrow at base; south aisle: Sir Edward Mosley, died 1638, aedicular, stone; four black columns around reclining figure on chest support frieze canopy with coat-of-arms and cartouche to centre flanked by figures; obelisks at angles and strapwork in low relief to back-panel; ceiling of canopy in embossed fleurons; Wilman memorial 1692: architraves and coat-of-arms in cartouche apron below; south aisle: plaques to Oswald Mosley 1789; John Peploe Mosley, 1834; Sir Oswald Mosley, 1871 (Gothic); Sir Thos Mosley 1890 (Gothic); Sir Oswald Mosley, 1915 (Neo-Classical). There is also an inscribed plaque of a knight and lady set into the north side of the arch into the vestry.

Listing NGR: SK2356927718

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.