Description

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5207SW SOUTHTOWN ROAD
839-1/15/242 (East side)
27/06/53 Southtown And Gorleston
Church of St Mary

GV II

Parish church. 1831. By JJ Scoles, extended in 1893. Gault
brick. Slate roofs. Nave and narrow chancel with vestries
added north and south of the chancel.
EXTERIOR: nave with 5 tall lancets to north and south
separated by flat buttresses rising to low parapets. The
buttresses have knapped flint panels. West front with a low
narthex added 1925 entered through an arched doorway under a
shouldered pediment and flanked by a small lancet right and
left. Similar shouldered pediment framed between pair of tall
square pinnacles to main wall containing 3 stepped lancets.
Arched side doors. Wide gabled roof. Chancel with twin lancets
north and south and a blind east end.
INTERIOR: no arcades. Suspended ceiling. Gallery round 3 walls
removed 1914. Triple pointed sedilia and piscina in chancel.
Altar, reredos and panelling, pulpit and Litany desk relocated
from Church of St Peter (qv) 1964.

Listing NGR: TG5214607165

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538307

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings