Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SJ90SW BUSHBURY LANE
895-1/2/44 (East side)
16/07/49 Church of St Mary

GV II*

Church. C14 with C15 tower but much restored in mid C19 by
Edward Banks. Ashlar with tile roofs. 3-bay chancel; lower
5-bay nave with lean-to north and gabled south aisles; north
vestry; south aisle with south east Hordern chapel; west
tower. Coped gables; weathered buttresses. Chancel has C19
three-light east window, and 3-light north and south windows;
north ogee-headed entrance. South aisle has C19 three-light
windows and 4-light east and west windows with Decorated
tracery; gabled porch has pointed entrance and gabled
buttresses; south east angle has small gabled projection with
ashlar roof, light and gable cross. North aisle has coped
parapet, C19 two-light east and west windows and 3-light
windows flanking parallel gabled vestry; round-headed entrance
with tympanum; C19 two-light vestry windows. Tower has moulded
plinth; 4-light window with Perpendicular tracery, clock face
above; 2-light louvred bell openings, top cornice and
embattled parapet with pinnacles. INTERIOR: C15 hammer-beam
chancel roof with double wind braces; ogee-headed sedilia and
piscina, north Easter sepulchre; nave arcades on octagonal
piers, C19 deep-arch-braced roof; 2 ogee arches to vestry and
organ loft; tower arch with imposts; arcading to reredos with
flanking Commandment and Creed boards; richly carved ashlar
pulpit and lectern; round late Norman font with palmettes and
C17 recarving; good late C17 and early C18 wall tablets e.g.
to Whitgreaves and Goughs, C17 brass plate to Thomas Leacrofte
and Gothic Revival tablet to Corser family, 1820ff, in north
aisle; early C19 busts in Hordern chapel; C14 stained glass
fragments in chancel, some C19 glass, e.g. east window by
C.Winton.
(Shell County Guides: Thorold H: Staffordshire: London: 1978-:
P.188-9; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire:
London: 1974-: P.320).

Listing NGR: SJ9244702469

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555314

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover