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Church of St Mary and Churchyard Walls

A Grade II Listed Building in Stanton, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0108 / 53°0'38"N

Longitude: -1.8139 / 1°48'49"W

OS Eastings: 412586

OS Northings: 345962

OS Grid: SK125459

Mapcode National: GBR 48S.B6V

Mapcode Global: WHCF4.3LJ6

Plus Code: 9C5W256P+8F

Entry Name: Church of St Mary and Churchyard Walls

Listing Date: 30 May 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1231927

English Heritage Legacy ID: 407203

Also known as: St Mary's Church, Stanton, Staffordshire

ID on this website: 101231927

Location: St Mary's Church, Stanton, East Staffordshire, DE6

County: Staffordshire

District: East Staffordshire

Civil Parish: Stanton

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Ellastone St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

Tagged with: Church building

Description


SK 14 NW STANTON C.P. MARSH LANE (S.E. side)

2/173 Church of St. Mary and churchyard walls

GV II

Parish Church. 1846-7. By W. Evans of Manchester. Rock faced ashlar with chiselled ashlar dressings; slate roof with coped verges. 4 bay nave, lower 2 bay chancel, south porch, north vestry; angle buttresses. Early English style. Nave and chancel have lancet windows under plain hood moulds, triple lancet to east end under one continuous hood mould and double lancet to west end; gabled belfry to west gable with open lancet arch housing the bell. Interior: Pointed chancel arch; nave roof of arch braced collars with king posts above, double purlins and narrow ridge piece, principals and braces stand on short beams projecting from wall plate level and supported by short posts standing on corbels; chancel roof with braced collars and king post and raking struts above, single purlins and narrow ridge piece, collar braces springing from corbels. Fittings: C19 stone font with squat stepped base, octagonal pedestal moulded at bottom and octagonal bowl with carved trefoil headed blind arcading; C19 wooden bench pews; 7-sided C19 pulpit entered from the vestry, trefoil head panels, and nook shaft to each angle; brass eagle lectern; C19 balustraded wooden altar rail with balusters as nook shafts flanking open pointed arches; stained glass to east window. Stands within a small churchyard enclosed by rubble walls.

Listing NGR: SK1258645962

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