Description

DEDHAM HIGH STREET
1.
5214
(south side)
Parish Church of
TM 0533 26/19 St Mary
7.4.65
I GV
2.
Parish Church of the perpendicular comprising: west tower of squared flush flints
with freestone quoins and 4 strings at floor levels, octagonal angle buttresses
and an embattled parapet, with pinnacles. Top stage has 3-light perpendicular
windows. Ground storey open north to south, with stone segmental vault. Nave,
with north and south aisles the former with leaded roof and eaves, aisles have
crenellated parapets. North aisle with 4 perpendicular windows on north elevation
and 11 clerestory windows above. North porch, angle buttressed, of flush work
embattled and 2 storeyed. Chancel also embattled and rendered, with 3 north
windows. South porch 2 storeyed and rendered, south aisle has C17 red brick
buttresses. North door leaf original and cut for a fixed oak tympanum, figure
sculptures defaced. Squared-ledged on interior with original lock-stock. Nave
arcades 6 bays, piers 4 rounds with intervening hollows. Roof camber-beams with
ridge and purlins, crenellated wall-plates above original, and wall-pieces of
clear storey height. North of south aisle roofs contemporary. Chancel roof
also original. Style of window tracery trefoiled, as is flush work plinth all
round the base of the fabric.

Listing NGR: TM0572933126

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536685

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)