Church Of St Mary

SP 6037 TURWESTON MAIN STREET (west side) 8/141 Church of St. Mary

13.7.66

GV II*

Rubble stone. Lead roof to nave, other roofs of slate with coped gables. Restored 1863 (rain-water head). Saddle-back roof to west tower by G.E. Street (Pevsner). Interior has 2 bays: the north arcade is Norman with carved caps to shafts on piers; the south arcade is Transitional with moulded caps and a pointed west arch. There is a small Norman window on the west wall of north aisle. Decorated style 2-light windows in aisles and clerestory are C19 or restored. Nave roof is early C16 with moulded tie beams, bosses and traceried spandrels to braces. The chancel arch is C13 and the east window Perpendicular; the north wall has an arch to the vestry and a Decorated crocketted recess filled-in. The south wall has an Early English piscina and 2 arches into the C19 chapel. The furnishings are C19 with a carved stone altar and reredos flanked by figures of saints in niches. The pulpit and low chancel screen are Norman-Revival. C19 glass. Monuments: 3 brasses in the chancel including one to Thomas Grene and his wife 1490; monument on east wall of north aisle to Simon Heynes and wife 1628 shows 2 small figures kneeling at lecturn with baby below in frame of Corinthian columns, entablature with flaming ball finials and coat of arms, and lower frieze with inscription.

Listing NGR: SP6003637730