Description

SP 07 SE WYTHALL CP CHAPEL LANE (west side)

7/196 Church of St Mary

24.4.74

GV II

Parish church. 1862 by F Preedy, tower added 1903 by W H Bidlake. Nave,
south aisle, chancel, central tower. Polychromatic brickwork with stone
dressings and slate roof. South aisle: three bays divided by stepped
buttresses, entrance to left slightly advanced with gable over has a 2-
centred arch with engaged respond shafts; one window to each bay of two
trefoiled lights under 2-centred heads; chancel: two bays with lancets;
east window: three trefoiled lights under 2-centred head. Tower of 1903
rises two stages above aisle. First stage has a 2-light window under 2-
centred head; the belfy stage has on each side a pair of large open 2-light
windows with 2-centred heads and multiple engaged shafts to responds, octagonal
stair turret on north-east corner has a conical stone roof; roof gabled north/
south, surmounted by a fleche. Interior: polychromatic brickwork, three-bay
arcade to south aisle of brick on stone columns; at crossing 2-centred arches
in all directions with respond shafts. The massive tower is a prominent land-
mark in the predominantly flat terrain around Wythall. (BoE, pp 337 - 338).

Listing NGR: SP0728374885

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mary's Church, Wythall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7594461

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)