Church Of St Mary

SO 56 SW; 7/46

MIDDLETON ON THE HILL CP, Church of St Mary

11.06.59

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Parish church. C12 chancel and nave, early C13 tower with C15 top stage; south porch rebuilt in 1745, nave roof renewed in 1890. Sandstone rubble with dressings of the same material, tiled roof. West tower, nave with south porch and chancel.

West tower: three stages with moulded and splayed plinth and C15 embattled parapet with pinnacles at the angles, lancet windows to north and west, C18 doorway to south, similar lancet windows to second stage, C18 openings in bell stage with two-centred arched heads and rubble infill in the head. Nave: buttresses flank doorways; south side: windows of one cinquefoiled light flank central enlarged C12 light with semicircular head, to the right of the timber-framed south porch, which incorporates earlier pieces of timber, C12 south doorway with semicircular head, jambs of two plain orders, inner supports solid lintel, billet ornament to imposts and zig- zag ornament to head; rubble infill to tympanum. North side of nave has three windows to east of blocked north doorway; easternmost window of one cinquefoil headed light with both windows to the west of one C12 semicircular-headed light. North doorway: semicircular-headed with jambs of two plain orders, inner supports joggled lintel with rubble infill to tympanum, moulded and diapered imposts to outer order with zig-zag and pellets to rounded head, label also decorated with pellet ornament. Chancel: C13 lancet to south and C12 doorway to left of window with semicircular shaped head and chamfered jambs. C12 window of one semicircular-headed light to north. Early C14 reset east window [from Church of St Peter, Pudlestone CP (qv)] of three cinquefoil-headed lights. INTERIOR: C12 semicircular-headed chancel arch of two plain orders with moulded imposts and diaper ornament, two-centred tower arch of one chamfered order. Fittings: late C12 font; circular cup-shaped bowl with chevron ornament and necking, stout cylindrical stem. C13 piscina in the chancel with trefoil head.

Listing NGR: SO5405164605