Description

SP 6423 MARSH GIBBON CHURCH STREET
(north-west side)

8/38 Cnurch of St. Mary

13.7.66

GV II*

Parish Church. C13 cruciform plan. S. aisle added c1300,
S. porch C15. N. aisle and vestry added, W. tower rebuilt and
remainder restored 1879-80. Rubble stone. Lead roofs to nave,
aisles and transepts; tiled chancel. W. tower of 2 stages with
battlemented parapet, pinnacles and Perpendicular openings.
Doorway and 3-light window to W. Nave of 2 bays has C16 2-light
windows to clerestory, and parapet. S. aisle has 2-light window
with ogee tracery and flat hoodmould to left, and C16 3-light
window to right. S. porch has moulded 4-centred arch and parapet.
C19 N. aisle has 3-light windows similar to clerestory. N. transept
has 2 lancets with continuous drip mould to N. and 3-light
Perpendicular window with carved head stops to E. S. transept has
5-light Perpendicular window to S. Chancel has C19 lancets with
continuous hood and sill moulds, 3 to each wall with taller central
light to E. Interior: nave has double chamfered C13 arches to
transepts withcarved foliage and heads to caps. Similar arcade with
moulded caps to S. aisle imitated C19 to N. aisle. C15-C16 roofs
to nave and transepts with moulded beams on restored carved angel
corbels. N. transept has 2 piscinae in E. wall, S. transept has
piscina with segmental arch and C15-C16 library recess with wooden
frame. Chancel has segmental arched tomb recess. Fittings: C17
pews. Other fittings C19 including carved stone rerdos of The
Last Supper. Monuments: wall tablets to Abigail and Richard Barker
1712 and John Dodd 1698 in N. transept, and to John Townsend 1714
in S. transept.

RCHM II pp 188-189

Listing NGR: SP6476123228

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536074

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)