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Parish Church of St Mary

A Grade II* Listed Building in Hardwick, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2086 / 52°12'30"N

Longitude: 0.0069 / 0°0'24"E

OS Eastings: 537229

OS Northings: 258607

OS Grid: TL372586

Mapcode National: GBR K5T.GL6

Mapcode Global: VHHK1.2RJ7

Plus Code: 9F426254+CQ

Entry Name: Parish Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 31 August 1962

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1163557

English Heritage Legacy ID: 51168

ID on this website: 101163557

Location: St Mary's Church, Hardwick, South Cambridgeshire, CB23

County: Cambridgeshire

District: South Cambridgeshire

Civil Parish: Hardwick

Built-Up Area: Hardwick

Traditional County: Cambridgeshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Hardwick St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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Description


TL 35 NE HARDWICK MAIN STREET
(West Side)

8/141 Parish Church of
31.8.62 St Mary

II*

Parish Church. Late C14, nave, chancel, and tower with one notably earlier
C14 chancel window. Restored in 1901 by Mr Rickett of Abingdon directed by
Detmar Blow (1867-1939). Walls of field stones with limestone and clunch
dressings. Roofs of tiles and slate. South elevation: Tower of three
stages offset at each stage, with plinth and embattled parapet and without
buttresses. Belfry light round-headed arch in two-centred sealed arch.
Ashlar octagonal spire with spirelights. Nave with parapet gable extending
as buttress to east, diagonal buttress to west. Three two-light traceried
windows, south doorway with chamfered jambs and moulded head, south porch,
C15 with semi octagonal shafts to archway with four-centred head. Chancel
with diagonal buttress of two stages, one early C14 window of two-trefoiled-
lights with net tracery and one window of two cinquefoiled lights with
quatrefoil. Interior: chancel arch C15 with semi octagonal shafts and two
chamfered orders, tower arch of three, and two chamfered orders. Fine C15
queen-post roofs to chancel and nave with embattled cornices. Font,
octagonal bowl with splayed underside on modern base C13. Piscina with
four-centred arch, C15. Gothic, cast iron communion rail c.1900. Oak chest
C17.

RCHM West Cambs. p127, mon. 1 (plate 102)
Pevsner: Buildings of England, p400
VCH, Vol. V, p104


Listing NGR: TL3722958607

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