Description

LEEDS

SE32NW TOWN STREET, Middleton
714-1/14/986 (North side)
05/08/76 Church of St Mary

GV II

Anglican church. 1845-46. By RD Chantrell. Coursed stone and
ashlar, slate roofs. Gothic Revival style.
PLAN: nave, N and S aisles, chancel and SW tower.
EXTERIOR: 2-light aisle lancets, single-light lancets to
chancel, buttresses and string course at sill level. 5 paired
windows on N side; blocked transept window. Tripartite E
window, attached columns, head stops. 5-light W window
similar, arcading below. 3-stage tower has deep moulded porch,
angle buttresses to lower 2 stages, 3-light belfry windows,
outer lights blocked; embattled parapet.
INTERIOR: tower entrance has Gothic arches to inner and outer
doorways, plank doors with elaborate scrolled hinges. Nave: 5
bays, alternate octagonal and cylindrical shafts, tall
chamfered arches, rafter roof. Chamfered chancel arch, chancel
has rafter roof and border of cusped arches. Brass eagle
lectern; plain roll-moulded bench pews, open cusped arcading
to choir stalls; wooden pulpit with similar cusped open
panels, altar rail similar; stone font at W end has attached
columns, arcading to bowl with figures in spandrels.
STAINED GLASS: east and west windows have early medieval-style
stained glass with figures set in cartouches. C20 reredos has
3 panels with Magi, Resurrection and Presentation in relief.
One of Robert Chantrell's later Leeds churches, before he
removed to London in 1847. His later group of churches, built
1842-47, reflect his interest in the geometric principals of
Gothic architecture. His buildings of this phase have been
described as, 'an accomplished and assured series of Gothic
essays' (Webster, p.117). The building work is reputed to have
been funded by local miners who gave both labour and money;
the steeple was taken down in 1939 after subsidence.
(Publications of the Thoresby Society: Webster C: RD
Chantrell, Architect: His Life and Work in Leeds: 1991-:
116-118; Leeds City Council Countryside Ranger Service:
Middleton Park History Trail: 5).

Listing NGR: SE3021628491

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mary the Virgin, Middleton at Wikipedia
• St Mary the Virgin, Middleton official website
• Wikidata Q7594659

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)