Church Of St Mary The Virgin

TQ 36SE CHELSHAM & FARLEIGH C.P. FARLEIGH COURT ROAD, FARLEIGH 1/54 Church of St. Mary the Virgin

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Church. Circa 1100, chancel extended in 1250; C16 west porch with late C19 bell turret and vestry rebuilt in 1965. Rendered with quoins to ends, timber framed porch; plain tiled roofs with wood shingles to bell turret. Nave and chancel with porch and bell turret to west end and vestry to the north west. Windows all C12 and C13 lancets with deep rere arches, 2 on the east end. Norman west door surround with one order of shafts carrying block capitals; oak benches and billet decoration in the parch. Interior: simple, whitewashed with stone dressings. Chancel arch on piers with scalloped capitals. Fittings: Rectangular piscina in south chancel wall. Panelled and billeted pulpit. Monuments: North nave wall; monument to Robert Shallcross died 1772. Grey and white marble. South chancel wall: Brass to John Brock, died 1495 with figures of his wife and children c15 inches high.

Listing NGR: TQ3723860076