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Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic)

A Grade II Listed Building in Warwick, Warwickshire

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Latitude: 52.2785 / 52°16'42"N

Longitude: -1.5916 / 1°35'29"W

OS Eastings: 427960

OS Northings: 264565

OS Grid: SP279645

Mapcode National: GBR 5MB.0FV

Mapcode Global: VHBXH.CZGN

Plus Code: 9C4W7CH5+C9

Entry Name: Church of St Mary (Roman Catholic)

Listing Date: 24 February 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1255021

English Heritage Legacy ID: 458603

ID on this website: 101255021

Location: Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34

County: Warwickshire

District: Warwick

Civil Parish: Warwick

Built-Up Area: Warwick

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Warwick St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description


The following Building shall be added:-

WARWICK

SP 2764 WEST STREET

8/10004 CHURCH OF ST MARY
Roman Catholic Church

GV II

Roman Catholic church. 1859-60 by Edward Welby Pugin. Red brick with
stone dressings. Slate roof with gabled west end and semi-conical east
end.
PLAN: Nave with gallery at west end, apsidal sanctuary and North and
South aisles with east chapels. High Victorian Gothic style.
EXTERIOR: The west gable has large plate-tracery rose window in moulded
pointed arch flanked by buttresses , quadruple pointed arch windows below
and statue niche to right, the whole west front is divided by broad stone
bands, the lowest band continues into gallery turret on right and on
left pointed arch doorway into end of lean-to aisle. On the sides
above the aisles sexfoil clerestory windows. On ridge set back behind
the west gable a timber bellcote with a slate spire with a wrought
iron cross. Similar crosses over apse and galley stair tower.
INTERIOR: Is lighted from the clerestory and west window only and the
nave and apse are in one and have an arched brace roof on corbels with
exposed purlins and rafters. Plastered walls with painted decoration.
3-bay N & S arcades with moulded pointed arches on circular piers.
Painted bands above arcades continue into apse where there are painted
roundels of the Saints by Alphege Pippet of Hardman and Co. High in
apse a sexfoil window in a pointed arch flanked by cusped lancets with
colonettes. The clerestory windows have pointed rear arches. At the
west end a timber gallery with organ. Painted stations of the cross
in blind aisle windows. Sanctuary reordered. Carved stone altar panel
depicting the last supper and stone reredos with angels in arcade.
Stone Polygonal pulpit. Benches complete. Stained glass by Tony Drury.


Listing NGR: SP2796064565

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