Description

BRIGHSTONE

SZ4282 MAIN ROAD
1354-0/11/41 (South West side)
18/01/67 Church of St Mary
(Formerly Listed as:
MAIN ROAD, Brook
Church of St Mary)

GV I

Parish Church. C12 north arcade, C14 south arcade and lower
stages of the tower. The upper stage of the tower and angle
buttresses are C15. The south aisle, south porch and chancel
are early C16. The spire is of 1720 and the north aisle was
rebuilt in 1852. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble with
tiled roof, the lowest 3 courses of stone slates. Nave with
aisles, lower chancel, south chapel, south porch and west
tower with spire. West tower of 3 stages, the lower stages
C14, the upper C15. Crenellated parapet. Angle buttresses.
Early C14 west doorway with engaged columns and hood moulding.
Above is a double cinque-foil headed light with hood moulding.
Corbel stop below parapet. Bell stage to north and south sides
have pierced stone screen. Lead spire of 1720. South porch is
C14, gabled with sundial of 1727. Arched doorcase with moulded
impost blocks. South aisle of early C16 has 2 windows with
cusped tracery and large stone triangular buttresses. South
chapel also early C16, has 2 windows with cusped heads and the
east window has 3 lancets with cusped heads. Chancel of early
C16 date has 4 lancet windows and triple east window with
cusped heads. North aisle of 1852, restored by Rev. Edward
McAll, has 3 paired lancets. Interior: Nave has 3 bay north
arcade of c.1190 having circular columns with square abaci and
round arches with slight chamfer. C14 4 bay south arcade with
octagonal columns. C19 roof. C14 font, octagonal with plain
cusped arches on pillar and bowl. Fine Jacobean pulpit the top
panels arches with obelisks, the lower panels of strapwork
decoration. The brackets carry a bookrest which opens all
round. South aisle has early C16 piscina with cusped head and
sexfoil drain. South chapel has Perpendicular chancel arch
with remains of rood staircase and late Perpendicular arcade
of 3 bays. C19 roof of arch-braced type. By the rail of the
chancel are memorials to 3 famous former rectors, the hymn.
writer Thomas Hen (1667-69), Samuel Wilberforce later Bishop
of Winchester( 1830-40 and George Moberly later a headmaster
of Winchester College (1867-69). Some black basalt floor
slabs.
(Pevsner: B.O.E. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: 735).

Listing NGR: SZ4290882696

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St. Mary's Church, Brighstone at Wikipedia
• St. Mary's Church, Brighstone official website
• Wikidata Q7590154

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)