Description

NY 55 SW CUMWHITTON CUMWHITTON

9/24 Church of St Mary

1.4.57 II

Church. Partly C12, rebuilt early C19. Dressed and rubble red sandstone walls
on chamfered plinth and with raised quoins; sandstone and with slate roof. Slender
3-storey west square tower/porch; 3-bay nave has north aisle; 2-bay chancel has
north vestry. Early C19 tower has plank doors and semicircular fanlight with
intersecting tracery: external stone steps to side door to ringing chamber:
clock to west face: pyramidal roof has weather vane dated 1961. Nave has
partly medieval walls: filled south door has C19 window with round head, reused
zigzag decorated stone to left: former square headed window right now with
round head. Wall sundial; small C19 circular window to right. North aisle has
2 C19 smallround-headed windows with earlier window to left. Chancel has small
pointed lancet to north wall and tripartite C19 east window; lower courses are
probably medieval. Interior: aisle arcade of 3 bays has C12 round columns and
arches; plain octagonal bowl font is dated 1662. Fittings and furnishings are
late C19 or early C20. Stained glass window by L.C. Evetts, 1962.

Listing NGR: NY5062652252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380004

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments