Church Of St Mary

TG 2309 SE ST. MARY'S PLAIN (north side) 10/812 26.2.54 CHURCH OF ST MARY - I Former parish church, now redundant. Early C11 and C15. Flint with stone dressing. Lead roofs. West tower, nave and chancel. North and south transepts. South porch. Round tower with 2-light windows having central shaft and remade twin triangular arches. 4-bay nave with two 3-light perpendicular windows with 2 centre arches on the south side. 2 storey south porch with re-faced diagonal buttresses. Badly weathered outer doorway with moulded 2-centre arch and spandrels. Central statue niche above door between 2 square-headed windows having cusped ogee tracery. Blocked 2-light east window. Single-bay transepts with tall 4-light perpendicular windows north and south. 3-light east windows with staggered brattished transoms. 3-light perpendicular east chancel window inside a higher arch with earlier jambs to arch-springing level. Blocked 2-light decorated window in north wall of chancel. Rood stairs in north-east corner of transept and chancel. Chancel arch supported on corbels. Arch-braced roof with ridge-piece and curved wall-bracing in transepts. Diagonal ribs over crossing with central carved boss and angels. Butt-purlins in transepts and small first bay of nave roof. Chancel roof arch-braced and with curved wall bracing. Panelled with richly cusped quatrefoil and heraldry.

Listing NGR: TG2282509131