Church Of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1955. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church Of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- quiet-attic-fen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1955
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church Of St Mary, Lutterworth Road, Bitteswell with Bittesby, LE17 4RX
- OS grid reference
- SP 537 858
- Coordinates
- 52.46802, -1.21046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a church that dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, with extensions made in 1852 by W Parsons and further alterations and extensions by Walter F Lyon in 1881-82. It is constructed from random rubble stone with dressed quoins, featuring gable parapets and crenellated side parapets on the nave, and has plain slate roofs. The church includes a west tower, a nave with a south porch, a north aisle, a north vestry, and a chancel.
The three-stage tower, dating from the 13th or 14th century, has stepped angle buttresses and a deep recess on the north side that features a Perpendicular-style panelled soffit and a hollow-chamfered arch. It has a short recessed spire and two-light square-headed belfry openings. The nave has three windows on the south side from the 14th century, which were restored in the 19th century. The north aisle was added in 1881-82, and the gabled south porch has double chamfers to the arch and a dripmould. The chancel was rebuilt in 1881-82 and includes two windows on the south side and a vestry on the north side.
Inside, there is a double chamfered 14th-century tower arch and a three-bay north aisle with a double-chamfered arcade supported by octagonal piers. The ceiling, likely from the 19th century, features ribs and a flattish vault. The chancel arch, also from the 19th century, is double-chamfered on attached octagonal piers. There is a triple-chamfered round arch inside the tower, west of the tower arch, the purpose of which is unknown. The church fittings, including benches, a font, and a pulpit, are all from the 19th century.
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