Church of St Luke/St Mary Magdalen is a Grade II* listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1961. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Luke/St Mary Magdalen

WRENN ID
young-chancel-rook
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Rutland
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1961
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Luke/St Mary Magdalen, Tixover
OS grid reference
SP 970 997
Coordinates
52.58707, -0.56851
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Luke and St Mary Magdalen is a building with a history spanning the 12th to 19th centuries. It is constructed from coursed rubble stone with a plinth, quoins, stone dressings, and a Collyweston slate roof. The church includes a west tower, a nave, aisles, a chancel, and a south porch.

The west tower is from the early 12th century, featuring three stages. It has a small west window with stained glass from 1908, a carved band, a south shafted window with zigzag decoration and a carved band, four triple arched bell openings (the central one being blocked), gargoyles (surviving only to the east), and later battlements. Inside the tower, a fine arch leads to the nave, exhibiting seven roll mouldings, decorated capitals, and responds with five shafts. A lozenge band sits over a round-arched doorway, likely associated with a former west gallery.

The north arcade has two bays with double-chamfered arches on octagonal piers and responds, and a west figure corbel, now headless. The south arcade also has two bays, with double-chamfered arches on circular piers and responds. Hood moulds and label stops are present. Three 19th-century quatrefoil clerestory windows are on the south side, and the church features a 19th-century three-bay roof with curved braces to the collars. In the north aisle, a blocked north door is visible, along with three stone mullion windows (probably late 16th/early 17th century), with 1, 3, and 2-lights respectively. Steps and an arch marking the former rood loft remain. A double-chamfered chancel arch also exists.

The chancel contains tall stone mullion windows, similar to those in the north aisle: two 1-light windows on either side and a 3-light east window. Stone benches are positioned on either side, along with a piscina. A significant wall monument, dedicated to Roger Dale (died 1623), stands on the south side. This monument is constructed from stone, alabaster, and marble, partly painted and gilded, featuring a Corinthian column aedicule, a cartouche of arms over the entablature, two arches beneath with facing kneeling statues of Dale and his wife, and a double-sided prayer desk between them. Smaller statues of two daughters are on the front of the plinth, ornamented with carved draped heads and cherubs. The chancel also has a 19th-century four-bay roof with curved braces to the collars.

The south aisle contains further stone mullion windows, one featuring panels of 17th-century painted glass, alongside a 12th-century south doorway that was altered in the 13th century. The south porch may be from the late 15th/16th century. The font, likely from the 13th century, is square with diagonal chamfers at the top, set upon a 19th-century plinth and piers. Additional 18th and early 19th-century wall monuments are present.

Local climate

Church of St Luke/St Mary Magdalen sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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