Church Of St Mary Magdalene

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP36NW CHURCH LANE, Lillington 1208-1/20/426 (South side) 01/03/49 Church of St Mary Magdalene (Formerly Listed as: VICARAGE ROAD, Lillington St Mary Magdalene's Church)

GV II*

Church. C14 origins to chancel and tower with C15 upper stage, otherwise mainly 1847 by JG Jackson of Leamington, builder William Bolland, and with east part of chancel of 1884. White and pink sandstone ashlar with plain-tile roof. PLAN: 4-bay nave with clerestory and aisles, the north aisle extends to west, south porch, 2-bay chancel with north Lady Chapel, north-east vestry and sanctuary; 3-stage west tower. EXTERIOR: tower has chamfered plinth, angle buttresses with off-sets; entrance to west end a plank door in 4-centred surround with hollow moulding; 3 cusped-light window with chamfered mullions and surround; 2-light belfry openings to each side with Y-tracery, band, battlements, pinnacles with finials. South porch, chamfered plinth, off-set angle buttresses; panelled door in pointed, double-chamfered arch, copings. Aisles: off-set buttresses to angles and between bays, chamfered plinth; 2-light windows with reticulated-type tracery, to east end of south aisle a 3-light window with curvilinear tracery to head. Chancel: south side has blocked round-arched entrance, two single cusped lights and 3-light window with Y-tracery to head; to east end a 3-light window with reticulated-typed tracery to head. East end of Lady Chapel has rose window. Vestry and sanctuary have 2-light windows with reticulated-style tracery to heads. INTERIOR: double-chamfered tower arch, partly concealed; nave has double-chamfered pointed arches on octagonal piers with moulded capitals and responds. Chamfered chancel arch with hoodmould and foliate stops on octagonal responds with plain capitals and continuous impost band; chancel has sedilia and piscina. C15 octagonal font with shields in pointed quatrefoils. Stained glass by Kempe. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-1990: 340).

Listing NGR: SP3247167332