Description

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TL 24SW
7/1

DUNTON,
CHURCH STREET,
Church of St Mary

31.10.66

II*

Parish church, C14 and C15, reworked 1861 by E Browning. Coursed ironstone
rubble and cobbles, with ashlar dressings. Tower completely of ashlar.
Chancel, N vestry, nave, N and S aisles, S porch, W tower. Embattled parapets
to nave and tower, plain parapets elsewhere. Chancel: C14. 5-light pointed E
window with net tracery. N and S walls each have C19 2-light pointed window
to E and square-headed 2-light C15 window to W. S wall has C16 priest's door.
C14 pointed chancel arch. N vestry: C19, with 2-light square-headed E window.
Nave: C14, reworked C15. 4-bay pointed-arched arcades to both sides, N one
C15, S one C14. C15 clerestory with 2-light windows to each side, all under
4-centred heads. C14 tower arch. N aisle: C15.3 windows to N, one to E, all
of 3 lights and with pointed heads. 9 N doorway with blocked pointed arch
above it, probably of an earlier window. S aisle: C14. 4-light pointed-
arched E window with flowing tracery. 2 3-light S windows, W one pointed-
arched with net tracery, E one C15 with square head C15 3-light W window with
4-centred head. S porch: C14. Parvis added C15, reached by spiral stairs
projecting from NW angle and giving onto S aisle. C19 single lights to W and
E of ground stage. Pointed archway. Parvis has 2-light window to S side. W
tower: rebuilt C19 in C14 style. 3 stages. Angle buttresses. Staircase
projects from NE angle. 3-light W window to ground stage. 2-light windows to
bell-stage. Interior: roofs C19, except S aisle roof retains C15 moulded tie
beams, pierced spandrels and carved stops. Chancel has hammerbeam roof with
carved angles to hammerbeams. C14 octagonal font with 2 cinquefoiled panels
to each side. S aisle E window retains fragments of medieval glass. Chancel
has C14 cinquefoiled piscina and sedilia. S aisle has C14 image bracket to E
end, with carved human head.

Listing NGR: TL2373944224

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551051

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)