Church Of St Mary Magdalene

KILBY SP69 NW MAIN STREET (North Side)

2/38 Church of St. Mary Magdalene

7.10.57

GV II

Parish Church. 1858 by Joseph Goddard. Random granite rubble with ashlar dressings. Swithland slate roof. Nave and chancel in one, western bellcote on very steep west gable. Lean-to north aisle. Paired lancets and oculus set in shallow embrasure in west wall. Nave buttressed to east and west. Wide buttressed south porch in Decorated style where the moulding of the archway died into plan chamfered jambs. Fenestration is combination of single and paired lancets. 3 grouped eastern lancets. Paired lancets to north aisle. Wide internal space with no chancel arch and a 5 bay north arcade with cylindrical shafts and double chamfered arches. Steep roof with long curved principals supporting a collar. Rubble behind altar said to survive from earlier church. Fittings all contemporary: Pews, pulpit, etc. Stained glass in the south east window, by Holland and Sons of Warwick, 1855. Scenes from the old testament in small medieval style lozenges. East window unsigned, 1868, The Life of Christ.

Listing NGR: SP6190495695