Church Of St Mary

ST 57 SE LONG ASHTON CHURCH ROAD, LEIGH WOODS (north- east side) 5/126 CHURCH OF ST MARY G.V. II

Parish Church (Anglican). 1891-93 by J.M. Medland of Gloucester. Rubble with freestone dressings; plain tiled roof, shingles to tower and bellcote. South- west tower and porch, nave, south transept, chancel with apse, vestry and church room; all in a C13 style.South west tower of 2 stages with a pitched and bargeboarded roof; the bell chamber stage is shingled and has 2-light, plain louvred windows; octagonal bellcote and spire. Timber-framed, projecting, gabled porch with a cusped bargeboard; arcaded sides with foiled heads. Nave: four bays of 2-light plate tracery windows under hoodmoulds; four 3-light, gabled dormer windows which are tile hung and have decorative bargeboards; chamfered, pointed doorway at east end. Projecting south transept with two single-light cusped lancet windows divided by a flat buttress. Polygonal apse with 3-light stepped and cusped, lancet windows. The vestry has similar windows to the apse; church room ( or choir's vestry) has a 4-light, plate tracery window. Interior. Arch-braced collar beam roof; Perpendicular style screen, pulpit and font.

Listing NGR: ST5584372885