Description

Newgate Street
TL 30 NW HATFIELD NEWGATE STREET VILLAGE
(north street)

10/188 Church of St Mary
Ponsbourne
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GV II

Church. 1848, enlarged 1858 by Lander and Bedells. Chancel 1887
by H Hardwicke Langston. Rusticated stone. Slate roof.
Cruciform plan. Early English Gothic style. Steeple at SW angle
contains porch: Square buttressed base, changing to octagonal
spire with miniature-arcade of trefoiled arches at its base.
Door on W with 3 orders of arches and shafts with stiff leaf
capitals. Nave has 3-light W window. Single lancets to sides.
Triple lancets to transepts. Dogtooth course at eaves. Chancel
has corbelled eaves and 3-light plate tracery E window.

Interior is undivided with collar purlin roof carried on bosses
which carry carved wooden angels. Elaborate circular stone
pulpit with naturalistic leaf carving and sculptured figures at
base. (Pevsner (1977) ).

Listing NGR: TL3015905030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26468408

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version