Description

NZ 11 SW WYCLIFFE WITH THORPE

7/183 Roman Catholic
Church of St. Mary

GV II

Roman Catholic Church, 1849. Rubble with tooled-and-margined stone buttresses,
ashlar dressings and parapet; graduated Lakeland slate roof. Aisleless 3-bay
body with west porch. C14 style. Stepped buttresses at angles and between
bays; string carried up over windows as hoodmould. Flat-roofed west porch has
double flight of steps, with low moulded parapet at head, to central arch of
3-bay double-chamfered arcade; side arches boarded; string below embattled
parapet with pierced merlons. Above porch a 3-light window below spheric
triangle window; and pointed niche in gable. West door, inside porch, has
studded double doors with scrolled hinges in moulded arch with sacred monograms
as hoodmould stops. Side walls shows 2-light windows with Y tracery, and
similar parapet; coped end gables. East end shows blocked 5-light window and
quatrefoil in gable.

Interior: Plastered. Freestone and marble altar, and panelled reredos with
kneeling angels under crocketed arches. Font has octagonal bowl with raised
shields, one with ihs, in fleur-de-lys borders, probably C15; later shaft and
base.

Prominent hilltop position.

Listing NGR: NZ1222613147

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26608552

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)