Description

SJ 79 SE SALE HARBORO ROAD (north side)

3/167 Church of Saint - Mary Magdalene - II

Church. 1874. Wilson and Oldham. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and clay tile roof. Wide nave with transepts; chancel with organ chamber and south-east tower. Victorian Gothic. Stone plinth, weathered buttresses, steep roof with coped gables and finials. 4-bay nave has porch in bay 1, with arched door opening and colonnettes, and 3-light windows in the others with Geometrical tracery. The transept has a 4-light window over a small porch and angled buttresses. 3-stage tower has set back weathered buttresses, octagonal corner stair turret, 2-light belfry openings, heavy octagonal pinnacles and a spire with gabled lucarnes and a weather-cock. 2-bay chancel with 5-light east window. Interior: arch-braced roof trusses. Ornately carved chapel screen, rood screen and pulpit. Chancel arch on twin colonnettes, ornately painted chancel roof and alabaster and mosaic reredos. Stained glass.

Listing NGR: SJ7750091909

External Links

• Wikidata Q26320682

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