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CLOUGHTON
HIGH STREET (west side)
Church of St Mary

13.12.51

GV
II
Church. 1831, by J Thompson and G Taylor. Restored and extended in 1889-90 by Smith, Brodrick and Lowther. Tooled sandstone on chamfered plinth, with sandstone ashlar dressings; slate roof. West bellcote; five bay nave and continuous chancel; north chapel and organ chamber; south vestry. Pointed two-light west window with Perpendicular-style tracery. Gabled bellcote has three square-headed openings beneath Tudor-arched corbelled hoodmoulds. Nave north wall contains Tudor-arched doorway, with three-light, Perpendicular-style window to east. Further east extension projects and has two cusped lancets in square-headed surrounds. South side extension repeats that in north side, and partly obscures a blocked pointed opening. West return contains Tudor-arched doorway. Nave south wall has three-light, Perpendicular-style window. East window is of five-lights with Perpendicular-style tracery. East ends of flanking extensions contain single cusped lancets in square-headed surrounds. All openings are double chamfered, those to nave cavetto and ovolo moulded. Gables are coped. Catslide roofs to extensions. Gable crosses to bellcote and to east end.

Interior: chapel and organ chamber screened off by arcade of two double-chamfered two-centred arches on one octagonal pier and corbelled responds. Chancel south wall contains marble monument to William Bower and his wife Priscilla, dated 1704. Tablet between palm volutes and surmounted by swan-necked pediment broken by an urn, is inscribed: "They live well, who love well and They die well, who live well"

War memorial tablet by Eric Gill.

Listing NGR: TA0088894251

External Links

• Church of St Mary at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26545363

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)