Church Of The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary And St Margaret

TF 7401 OXBOROUGH OXBURGH HALL PARK

13/26 Church of the Immaculate 23.6.60 Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St.Margaret (formerly listed as Roman Catholic Church)

GV II*

Roman Catholic private chapel. Completed in 1838. Later additions. Attributed to Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Re-used early brick; additions in ashlar and gault brick. Slate roofs. Aisleless nave with polygonal apse not oriented, (described, however, as if it were). Early Pointed style. 6 bays of plain lancet windows with chamfered reveals. Staged buttresses at each bay division including around the 5-sided apse. West wall with a later traceried 3-light window inserted into an original opening. Small doorway with hood mould and a rendered bellcote to gable peak. Ashlar south chapel of c.1865 in late Medieval style with a traceried oculus to east, a 3-light traceried gable window and a 2-light west window. Low northern addition in gault brick with 3 gables - 2 pertaining to vestry and one to porch. Interior. Arch braced roof with wall posts supported by crowned angels carrying shields. South chapel contains a carved marble effigy of the sixth baronet (Sir Henry Richard Paston-Bedingfeld). Imported fittings including an elaborate painted and carved C17 Felmish altar with reredos, C17 carved railings and Medieval glass.

Listing NGR: TF7414701269