Church Of St Mary The Virgin is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. A Victorian Church.

Church Of St Mary The Virgin

WRENN ID
guardian-oriel-flax
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1986
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Source
Historic England listing

Description

WELNEY MAIN STREET TL 59 SW 8/47 Church of St Mary the Virgin

  • II*

Parish church. 1848 by J C Buckler. Coursed carstone with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Continuous nave and chancel. Early English style. Gabled west end. Arched west door below 2-light window with Plate tracery. Diagonal buttresses to nave. Nave windows of 2-light Plate tracery with trefoil above trefoiled lights. Trefoiled south door below lancet. Flat side buttresses. Dentil eaves course. Gabled bellcote at apex of east nave gable with bell in trefoiled opening. Chancel side windows of trefoiled lancets (2 to south, one to north). Three-light Plate traceried east window. Flat east buttresses with modified stiff leaf decoration. Lean-to vestry to north of chancel : 2 lancets and trefoiled door. Interior. West gallery on 6 splayed timber posts. Nave roof of large arched braces to collars, springing from corbels. Two tiers through purlins. Hollow chamfered chancel arch with engaged columns. Chancel. roof as nave. 1887 stone reredos in 3 cusped arched bays each with crocketed and finialed gable. East window glass by T Wilshurst depicting Faith, Hope and Charity.

Listing NGR: TL5262293850

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