Church Of St Mary

SO 37 NW CLUN C.P. CHAPEL LAWN

10/64 Church of St. Mary 21.3.68

• II

Church. 1844, by Edward Haycock of Shrewsbury. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; rendered East end and shingle-hung West end; slate roof. Lancet style; 3-bay nave, polygonal apse, North-west vestry and South-west porch. Buttresses with single set-offs; diagonal at corners; chamfered cill string; verge parapets; gabled West bellcote with chamfered-arched opening. Lancets with chamfered reveals, 3 in apse; twin West lancets. Chamfered-arched South doorway in first bay from left with late C19 boarded door; gabled porch with chamfered archway and returned hoodmould; North-west vestry with lancet to North and lean-to to West with boarded North door. Interior: roof with 2 pairs of purlins; arch-braced tie-beam and collar trusses consisting of queen struts with flanking curved braces and short king post from collar; chamfered-arched vestry door; octagonal wooden pulpit; octagonal stone font with quatrefoil panels; there is reputed to be a C17 chest in the vestry. Cf. Church of St. John the Baptist, Church Road, Newcastle (also included in this list). Cranage; Vol. 5, p.431.

Listing NGR: SO3159676349