Description

SK 84 SW KILVINGTON CHURCH LANE (north side)

8/31 Church of St. Mary

G.V. II

Parish Church. Rebuilt c.1852 on the site of the earlier church. Coursed
rubble with ashlar dressings. Tiled roofs with ashlar coped gables and 2
ridge crosses. Tower, nave, north aisle, south porch and chancel. Set on a
plinth. The angle buttressed tower has a single lancet window to the 1st
floor south and a single lancet window to the ground floor west. There are
4 pairs of lancets to the bell chamber that to the east having hood mould with
cable decoration, an ashlar string course runs under. The tower has an
ashlar cornice with dogtooth decoration. The west wall of the north aisle
has a single lancet window. The north aisle has 3 lancet windows. The north
wall of the chancel has an arched doorway and a single lancet window. The
east end has a triple lancet window, the centre one being taller. The south
wall of the chancel has 2 pairs of lancets. The buttressed south nave has a
double lancet. The coped and gabled south porch, with ridge cross, has a
central doorway with jambs and imposts supporting an ashlar arch, with hoodmould
over. The east porch wall has a single lancet window. There is a single
lancet to the aisle west of the porch. The interior porch doorway is arched.
The nave and north aisle are separated by an arcade of 3 bays of octagonal
piers with moulded capitals supporting chamfered arches. There is a chamfered
arch separating nave and tower and a chamfered arch separating nave and chancel.
To the east of the south porch door are 4 carved heads. The chancel has an
arched doorway in its north wall and piscina to the south. The pews, lectern,
pulpit and font are C19. The nave has 3 metal lamp brackets for paraffin,
with 2 similar pulpit and lectern lights.

Listing NGR: SK8005042870

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473296

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