Description

BROMFIELD

SO47NE Church of St Mary the Virgin
825-1/4/16
12/11/54

GV I

Benedictine Priory church, now Parish Church. c1155, with C13
and C16 additions. Restored 1890, by C Hodgson-Fowler?. Rubble
and ashlar sandstone; plain tile roof. North-west tower, nave,
north aisle and chancel. Blocked Norman chancel arch forms
east end, with large round arch to north; tower forming porch,
to northwest, probably late C13. South transept replaced by
C16 house built by Charles Foxe after the Dissolution, but
destroyed by fire late C17: now fragmentary with mullion and
transom windows. INTERIOR: painted plaster ceiling c1672 by
Thomas Francis, with Angels with scrolls, the Symbol of the
Trinity, and clouds; c1700 communion rail with heavy twisted
balusters; glass by Kempe in west window and north aisle, with
C16 Flemish roundels in Vestry.
(Cranage, D.H.S.,: An Architectural Account of the Churches of
Shropshire: PP. 70-76).

Listing NGR: SO4820076808

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bromfield at Wikipedia
• St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bromfield official website
• Wikidata Q7594640

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2