Description

SX 26 NE MENHENIOT MERRYMEET

6/117 Church of St Mary the Virgin

GV II

Chapel of ease. 1905. Rubblestone with cut stone dressings. Slate roof with gable
ends. Rectangular with porch on south west and vestry on north west. South
elevation with 5 lancet windows with cut stone dressings. Gabled porch to left with
chamfered 2 centred arch with decorative stops. Barge boards to gable end. East
window, triple lancet with raised centre light. North elevation with 3 lancet
windows and a tapered rubblestone chimney between the first and second window.
Vestry to left beneath lean-to roof. Shoulder arch and plank door. 2 lancets in
west gable end. Timber belfry with lower timber spire in ridge above west end. Base
slate hung. Triple louvred openings on all sides. Surmounted by weather vain and
weather cock.
Simple interior with exposed timber arched braces to roof, on projecting moulded
stone corbels. Sealed with timber boarding above chancel. Pitch pine benches. C18
hexagonal pulpit on moulded timber base. Fielded panels and moulded cornice.
Coloured quarried glass. East window World War I memorial. Included for townscape
value.

Listing NGR: SX2795566014

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430098

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)