Description

SJ 36 SE DODLESTON C.P. CHURCH ROAD (South east side) 2/30 Church of St Mary

1/6/1967 II Church, lower stage of tower early C16; remainder of church rebuilt by John Douglas, 1870, in Perpendicular style. Red sandstone with graded grey slate roofs in two parallel ridged spans over nave and north aisle. Two-stage tower with short spire within the crenellated parapet; nave with north aisle; chancel; north vestry; half timbered gabled north porch. Panel tracery to east windows; square headed north and south windows with cusped tracery. Interior. Four-bay nave arcade on octagonal columns; arched braced trusses to nave roof; painted chancel roof. Fragment of a medieval coffin and a framed royal coat of arms (1660) mounted on west wall; beneath the tower, tomb of Sir Thomas Egerton Baron Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley (died 1617), and of his wife Elizabeth dated 1588 (Latin inscriptions). Octagonal font, probably C17. Late C19 stained glass in east window. The church adjoins the site of a motte and bailey castle.

Listing NGR: SJ3618860927

External Links

• St Mary's Church, Dodleston at Wikipedia
• St Mary's Church, Dodleston official website
• Wikidata Q7594316

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