Church Of St Mary Magdalen is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. Church.
Church Of St Mary Magdalen
- WRENN ID
- long-railing-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1987
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Mary Magdalen is an Anglican parish church built in 1850 by William Butterfield, with the nave added in 1861-1862 by T.H. Wyatt. It is constructed from snecked squared limestone, featuring a tiled roof on the nave and stone slates on the chancel, with a slate roof on the aisle. The church includes a nave with a south porch, a north aisle, and a chancel that has a lean-to vestry and an organ recess. A bellcote is situated over the west gable. The porch is gabled and has quatrefoiled lights on the sides. The nave features square-headed windows with two, three, and four lights, including a two-light west window with a roundel above and a three-light east window with slender tracery. The bellcote is supported by a series of offsets on the west wall.
Inside, the nave consists of four bays with an arcade supported by circular columns and capitals. The roof features arch-braced collar beam trusses, with braces rising from corbels. The chancel has two bays with a trussed rafter roof and an arch leading to the organ chamber. There is an ogee-headed door to the vestry. Notable fittings include a limestone octagonal font with quatrefoil panels located by the south door, a panelled limestone pulpit with steps from the chancel and an oak handrail, and an arcaded altar rail. The sanctuary walls are tiled, and the organ in the north aisle was made by Bryceson, Bros and Ellis.
The church contains several monuments, including two 20th-century brasses in the nave and seven wall tablets in the aisle commemorating individuals from 1675 to 1840. In the chancel, there is a monument from 1813 by King of Bath dedicated to George Gibbs, which features a Latin inscription. The royal arms of Charles II are displayed over the chancel arch.
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