Church Of St Mary The Virgin

LITTLE SAMPFORD 1. 5222 Church of St Mary the Virgin TL 63 SE 20/460 21.2.67

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1. Flint and stone rubble church mainly of the early C14. The west tower shows evidence of an interruption of the building work after the lower 2 stages were completed before the mid C14. Probably due to the intervention of the Black Death. The upper stages were built after 1350. It has set-back buttresses which become octagonal corner turrets with plain pinnacles at the top stage, an embattled parapet and a small C17 leaded spire. The nave with quatrefoil clerestorey windows is C14 and the arcade has lozenge shaped piers with attached shafts. The chancel was rebuilt and the north porch added in the late C15. The south porch of red and blue brick is C17 and in 1682 the nave roof was renewed. There is some C19 restoration. The interior has a number of C16, C17 and C18 monuments including monuments of Sir Edward Greene (d. 1556), William Twedy (d. 1605) and wife and a standing wall monument of Bridget Peck (d. 1712). Graded for its architectural and historical value. (RCHM 1).

Listing NGR: TL6531133657