Church Of St Mary

SU 73 SW NEWTON VALENCE NEWTON VALENCE

5/15 Church of St Mary 31.7.63 GV II Parish church. C12, mainly C13, C15, 1813, with restoration of 1871. Of Saxon origin, a single cell of Early English design, with a north-west chapel (late C13), a western tower (raised and restored 1813) and a south vestry (1871). Tile roof of a single ridge, gables to the lower chapel and vestry roofs. Walls (Victorian) of flint with stone dressings, buttresses, plinth : all the windows are lancets except those in the chapel and vestry gables, which are coupled beneath trefoil and quatrefoil. The tower has 2 stages, with lower lancets, cemented walls, brick parapet with simple corner turrets, and a Perpendicular arch to a westdoor (now blocked). Inside, there is a regular pattern of lancets (3 Victorian) resting on a roll moulding, and an arch to the chapel, resting on moulded caps (Cl3) of a ½ column and a bracket. At the east end is a Norman pillar piscina, and the chapel has a C13 piscina. There are several wall monuments of the C18 and C19, and floor slabs in the sanctuary of the mid C18: and a small lettered brass of 1616. Other interior details are Victorian, including a "Perpendicular" font. The Norman font has been recovered and placed in the chapel.

Listing NGR: SU7246432815