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Church of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Leek, Staffordshire

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Latitude: 53.1035 / 53°6'12"N

Longitude: -2.0253 / 2°1'31"W

OS Eastings: 398403

OS Northings: 356256

OS Grid: SJ984562

Mapcode National: GBR 24P.JR9

Mapcode Global: WHBCH.V8R4

Plus Code: 9C5V4X3F+9V

Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 17 December 1992

Last Amended: 14 October 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1268617

English Heritage Legacy ID: 461622

ID on this website: 101268617

Location: Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, ST13

County: Staffordshire

District: Staffordshire Moorlands

Civil Parish: Leek

Built-Up Area: Leek

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Leek St Edward the Confessor

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description



LEEK

SJ9856SW COMPTON
611-1/6/47 (West side)
17/12/92 Church of St Mary
(Formerly Listed as:
COMPTON
Roman Catholic Church of St Mary)

GV II

Roman Catholic church. 1886-87. By Albert Vicars. Coursed and
squared rock-faced rubble with ashlar dressings and Welsh
slate roofs with ridge-cresting.
PLAN: high nave with 2 aisles and sanctuary of the same
height; SE tower and spire.
EXTERIOR: clasping buttresses to tower, with moulded arched
doorway in S elevation, statue with canopy over carried on an
angel corbel in the E wall. Arcaded triple lancets in upper
stage, and rose window above. Brooch spire with tall pinnacles
each side, the shafts forming blind arcading below a frieze.
Louvred lucarnes between the pinnacles, and a second tier of
lucarnes above. SW gabled porch with deeply moulded arch
carried on short engaged shafts.
S aisle of 2 bays, its eastern extent obscured by projecting
gabled vestries, confessional etc. Uninterrupted N aisle,
continuing as side chapel to E. Divided by buttresses, with
3-light Decorated window in each bay. Paired foiled clerestory
windows.
E front has 5-light Decorated window set high up, and blind
arcading in apex of gable. Rose window in W front, and small
lower windows.
INTERIOR: nave arcade of 5 bays; octagonal sandstone columns
with heavy foliate capitals and double chamfered arches. Wall
posts on corbels carry cusped principal trusses of roof.
W gallery occupies western-most bay, with pitch pine spiral
staircase towards rear.
High sandstone shafts to sanctuary arch, and 2-bay arcade each
side of chancel, separating the side chapels.
Low stone screen to sanctuary with cast-iron and wood rail,
wood panels with cast-iron traceried scrollwork inset. Stone
reredos to main altar, and also in side chapels. Central and
flanking statues with low-reliefs each side, set beneath
traceried canopies. Altar piece in N chapel dated 1884. Stone
and marble pulpit, with cast-iron and wood rail.
STAINED GLASS: most windows contain stained glass which is
almost entirely by Mayer and Co. of Munich and London, forming
a series spanning the period c1894 to c1907. Other windows by


Daniels and Fricker, of London.

Listing NGR: SJ9840356256

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