Parish Church Of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1961. Church.

Parish Church Of Saint Mary

WRENN ID
muted-cobble-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1961
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 0838 CLOPHILL HIGH STREET 9/49 (North Side)

23.1.61 Parish church of Saint Mary

  • II

Parish church. 1847-49 by Thomas Smith, County Surveyor of Bedfordshire, 1847-1855 (Beds Record Office : QSM 35 p.524; QSH 38 pp.217-8; P45/8/1; P45/1/28). Paid for by public subscription. Restored 1879. Coursed ironstone blocks with ashlar dressings. C19 roof covering. W tower, nave, S aisle, S porch, chancel. C15 style. W tower: 3 stages, with octagonal stair turret to SE angle. Embattled parapets. Bell-stage windows of 2 cinquefoiled lights under flat heads. 3-light pointed arched window to E elevation. Narrow single lights elsewhere. Nave and S aisle : 4 windows to nave, 3 to S aisle, of 2 and 3 cinquefoiled lights under depressed 2-centred heads. Nave originally had clerestory. Nave and aisle formerly embattled. S porch : gabled, with pointed arched doorway. Chancel : single bay, with pointed arched 4-light E window. Plain parapet removed. Interior : very plain. Chapel in S aisle has re-used C16 screen with carved leaf frieze.

Listing NGR: TL0899938245

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