Description

SJ 51 SE UPTON MAGNA C.P. UPTON MAGNA 4/101 (20/1) Church of St Lucia 13.6.58 (formerly listed as Church of St Lucy)

GV II*

Parish church. Early C12 and late C15, partly rebuilt and restored in 1856 by G.E. Street. Dressed red and grey sandstone and additions in rock-faced grey sandstone, all with ashlar dressings; plain tile roofs. C12 nave and chancel, late C15 west tower, and south porch, and north aisle and vestry of 1856. Tower: 2 stages externally; chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses have 6 off-sets with trefoil-headed and quatrefoil panelled top stages, string courses with carved heads, top course forming hoodmould over belfry openings; semi-hexagonal stair turret to south-east with broaches to square first stage and small rectangular windows; carved quatrefoil frieze below parapet string with corner gargoyles, and battlemented parapet to pyramidal cap with weathervane; louvred belfry openings with 2 trefoil-headed lights, quatrefoil tracery and hollow-chamfered reveals; small 2-light square- headed opening below belfry to west has hoodmould with carved wreathed stops; large first stage west window with 3 trefoil-headed lights, panelled tracery, hollow-chamfered reveals, and hoodmould with carved head at apex and carved heads as stops; clock beneath belfry opening to north. Nave: large C19 buttress to south-east, semi-integral C19 stack to north-east with square base, circular shaft, and moulded cap; coped parapeted gable ends; south front: two C14 windows to right each with 2 ogee trefoil-headed lights and double-chamfered reveals, that to left with quatrefoil in tracery; round-arched south doorway to left has C19 boarded door with elaborate iron- work; C19 porch with chamfered plinth, parapeted gable, chamfered archway with moulded imposts and hoodmould with dog-tooth decoration, chamfered circular quatrefoil side windows, and side benches within. Chancel: C19 angle buttresses to east and parapeted gable end; pairs of small C12 round- arched windows to north and south, those to east slightly higher, blocked round-arched priest's door to south; chamfered stepped triple lancets to east. North aisle: buttressed lean-to with cill string and parapeted verges; parapeted gable to left has window with 3 trefoil-headed lights, large quatre- foil in tracery and chamfered reveals; 2 one-light diamond-leaded trefoil- headed windows to right; west end has window with 2 trefoil-headed lights and trefoil plate tracery; north vestry: buttressed lean-to with parapeted verge; chamfered rectangular window to right and boarded door to left with elaborate ironwork and chamfered reveals. Interior: C19 four-bay nave roof with moulded braces springing from corbels to tie-beam, king posts, and quatrefoil panels; single-framed C19 chancel roof with delicate painted flower decoration and battlemented frieze; C19 three-bay north aisle arcade with octagonal piers on large moulded bases, with moulded capitals and chamfered arches, springing from corbels at ends; C15 chamfered tower arch with moulded capitals; C19 chancel arch, inner chamfer springing from corbels and outer moulding and hoodmould with carved stops; chamfered-arched vestry door- way has boarded door with elaborate ironwork; chamfered rear arches and reveals to windows. Fittings: C17 stone font restored in C19 with quatre- foil-shafted stem on moulded base, large octagonal bowl dated: "IP RF/1628 IW", and C19 wooden top; C19 fittings probably by Street including stone pulpit, low stone chancel screen, choir .stalls, altar rails and reredos. Monuments: in tower to Walter Barker (died 1644) with semi-reclining figure, Corinthian pilasters flanking oval panel behind and supporting open segmental pediment with shield, and plinth decorated with strapwork; other late C18 or early C19 memorial tablets. Mid- and late C19 stained glass. This church is also known as the Church of St Lucy. D.H.S. Cranage, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, Vol.7, Pp.627-9; B.o.E., p.307.

Listing NGR: SJ5533912473

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