Church Of St Mary

BARTLOW CAMPS ROAD TL 5845 (South Side) 17/41 Church of St 22.11.67 Mary GV I Parish Church. C12, C14, C15. Restored 1879. Flint and fieldstone and clunch and limestone dressings. West tower, aisleless nave, north porch and chancel with south vestry. Round west tower of two stages with embattled parapet partly rebuilt and chamfered plinth. C14 west window of two trefoil lights with foiled head in two centred arch. Single light first stage window with two chamfered orders in two centred arch. Nave, C14. Restored fenestration. South doorway, C14-C15, now blocked. Clunch, repaired. Three continuous orders in two centred arch with foiled spandrels and square head with label. Chancel, also C14. Restored reticulated tracery of clunch. North porch, C15, restored with similar outer and inner arches. Continuous moulded orders in two centred arch, foiled spandrels and square heads with labels. Interior: Tower arch C14 of two continuous moulded orders, one wave moulded, in two centred arch. C15 crown post roof of three bays, with two-way upward bracing to collar purlin. Shallow arch bracing to tie beams. Chancel arch of two continuous chamfered orders in two centred arch. Late C17 communion rail has symmetrically turned balusters. Nave has C15 wall paintings including on south side St Michael weighing souls and St Christopher and on north side the dragoon of a lost St George. Font, C13, octagonal bowl on octagonal stem and base. C13.

Pevsner: Buildings of England, p298 R.C.H.M. Record Card (1951) Revd. E. Phillips and J. Rickett: History of St Marys Church, Bartlow

Listing NGR: TL5859945184