Church of St Mary Rotherhithe
CHURCH OF ST MARY ROTHERHITHE, ST MARYCHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1385867
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-1949
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary Rotherhithe
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY ROTHERHITHE, ST MARYCHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1385867
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-1949
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Sept-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary Rotherhithe
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY ROTHERHITHE, ST MARYCHURCH 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 ROTHERHITHE, ST MARYCHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Southwark (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 35172 79848
Details
SOUTHWARK
TQ3579 ST MARYCHURCH STREET 636-1/6/729 (North side) 06/12/49 Church of St Mary Rotherhithe (Formerly Listed as: ST MARY CHURCH STREET (North side) Church of St Mary)
GV II*
Church. 1714 rebuild of medieval church, tower inscribed 1747, spire rebuilt 1861, interior restored 1876. Tower by L Dowbiggin, interior by William Butterfield. MATERIALS: yellow brick with red brick and white stone dressings; heavy dentil cornice with brick parapet above to main building, stone quoins to church and tower. PLAN: rectangular plan with projecting west tower, centre bay at east end projecting as sanctuary, later 1-storey extension to north east for vestry and hall extension to north. EXTERIOR: main body of church 2 storeys, 5 bays with doors at either end of south side (right one now blocked up) with segmental-headed stone architrave, angel-head keystone and cornice on scrolled console brackets. Short, segmental-headed ground-floor windows with stone architraves and keystones and rubbed, red brick surrounds. Similar treatment to tall 1st-floor windows with round arches. Tower of 3 storeys, 1 bay to each face, has door in south side with stone Gibbs surround and cornice over. Ground and 1st floor of tower treated like main church, frieze and cornice above 1st floor. Tall 2nd floor with, on each face, a clock below and above a round-arched, louvred bell opening with bracketed and eared stone architrave with keystone. Balustraded parapet, circular Corinthian lantern stage above; obelisk spire. Similarly treated, large round-arched windows to east end, the wider central bay projecting and with pediment. INTERIOR: a coved nave of 3 unequal bays with 2 giant Ionic columns each side to aisles with flat ceilings. Segmental arch to sanctuary, with C18 panelling and reredos with fluted Corinthian columns, later C19 painted panels by Florence T Nicholson. Panelled west gallery with triglyph motifs on slender wrought-iron columns with curled wrought-iron capitals. FITTINGS: organ in original case with Doric entablature and rococo ornament, by John Byfield, 1764. MEMORIALS: monuments include: Captain Anthony Wood, 1625 with
relief of 3-masted ship; and rococo cartouche monument to Joseph Wade, King's Carver, 1743.
Listing NGR: TQ3517279848
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 471286
- 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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