Church Of St Mary

BRAISEWORTH TM 17 SW 1/2 Church of St Mary 29.7.55

-- II Former parish church, now redundant. 1857-8 by E.B. Lamb, incorporating C12 doorways from the old church (qv. Item 1/13). Nave, chancel, south porch, north vestry. Flint rubble with stone dressings. Plaintiled roof with ridge tiles. Neo-Norman style. Round-headed windows in groups of one, 2 and 3. Apse lit by 7 small windows. West end has a group of 3 lancet windows above which is an octfoil circular window, all within an arched recess. Gabled bell turret. Good re-used south nave doorway of C12, the arch slightly pointed: continuous inner order of zig-zag; one order of colonnettes with carved capitals, supporting a further order of carving to the arch; continuous outer band of carved motifs, gabled over the arch. Entrance arch of porch re-uses a simpler C12 doorway. 2 gabled dormers in north nave and south chancel are additions of early C20. Interior. Tiled window reveals with deep rere- arches. Early C17 pulpit.

Listing NGR: TM1335471778