Church Of St Mary

WOLVERHAMPTON

SJ99SW GORGE ROAD 895-1/7/73 (North side) Church of St Mary

II

Church. 1872; later addition 1911. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings; C20 tile roof. Early English style. Chancel has gabled north organ loft and south vestry; nave has lean-to aisles and north and south porches. Coped gables and offset buttresses. Chancel has east window of 5 stepped lancets under hood mould; organ loft of 1911 has lancet; vestry has 3 lancets and lean-to projection to right with entrance and ashlar stack; 5-bay nave has short paired lancets to clerestory; west end has 3 traceried lancets below wheel window with pointed hood; gable cross; single lancets to aisles; aisles have triple lancets, but pairs to east bays; gabled porches with pointed entrances and paired doors. INTERIOR: arch-braced roofs; chancel arch with foliate capitals to imposts; 2-bay arcade to organ loft; 5-bay nave arcades on round piers. Traceried panelling to reredos; enriched timber pulpit on stone base; eagle lectern on pinnacled base; panelled screen to organ loft, 1908-15, has painted angels. Good C19 and C20 stained glass, including Arts and Crafts style glass by A.E & P.E. Lemmon of Bromsgrove.

Listing NGR: SO9283394185