Description

DEVIZES

657/3/160 NEW PARK STREET
09-APR-54 (Northeast side)
CHURCH OF ST MARY

GV I

Of Norman origin but rebuilt in Cl5 except for chancel, with west tower, aisles
and nave. Tall and very fine west tower, diagonal buttresses decorated with
buttress shafts and pinnacles in relief. Crowning pinnacles. Octagonal stair
turret. Paired 2 light bell stage openings. 4 light Perpendicular west window
with transom, niches flanking. Aisle and clerestory 3 light Perpendicular
windows. Gargoyles and battlement cresting with pinnacles. Norman chancel
with characteristic square stone blocks, flat buttresses and corbel table.
East window Victorian but above on gable end of C15 body an original canopied
niche with Cl5 statue of the Virgin. 2 storeyed crenellated south porch,
the entrance with reused Norman zig zag bands up the arch. The interior of
the chancel has 2 bay rib vaulting, fat roll mouldings, intersecting arches
around walls, though only a fragment on the south wall is original. The C15
body of the church has a fine timber roof, low pitch over the nave with tie
beams and tracery over. An inscription records the rebuilding of the church
by William Smythe who died in 1436. 5 bay arcades with octagonal piers, double
hollow chamfered arches. Low panelled chancel arch. Tall arch to tower which
has tierceron-star vault, bosses, large circular opening for bell ropes.
The tower is a dominating feature of the street scene.

Listing NGR: SU0060361610

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529757

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)