Parish Church Of St Mary The Virgin

TQ 38 NE CHURCH ROAD Leyton E10 (north side) 2/38 Parish Church of St Mary the 27.5.54 Virgin (Formerly listed as Church of St Mary)

GV II*

Parish church. Mainly rebuilt C19 with further alterations 1932; tower and probably part of north aisle wall understood to date from 1658. West end of chancel 1693; south aisle and vestry 1822, to design of John Shaw; bapistry 1884; east end altered and enlarged 1932. Brick tower and aisles; stucco clerestory; pantiled pitched roof. Mainly Gothic revival manner. 4 bay aisled nave, 2 storey south porch, lower chancel. Square western tower of 3 stages with corner butt- resses and domed C18 clock turret. Cuspless geometrical tracery to aisle windows; clerestory with square-headed mullioned windows, each with 3 arched lights. Arcade with octagonal piers and round-headed arches, and pointed chancel-arch understood to date from 1932. Roof trusses mainly encased. Some Victorian stained glass. Various monuments mainly C17 and C18, including elaborate monuments to the Hicks family beneath the tower and monuments to William Bosanquet (1813) by John Flaxman, on west wall of north aisle, etc. NPevsner ESSEX. RCHM, VCH.

Listing NGR: TQ3768186857