Church Of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Church.
Church Of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sunken-merlon-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a church, largely rebuilt in 1865, though incorporating fragments of 14th-century fabric. It is constructed of squared coursed lias and limestone with limestone ashlar detailing, topped with lead and slate roofs. The church consists of an aisled nave, a chancel, a south porch, and a west tower.
The south elevation of the chancel features a two-window range with two-light square-head windows, with a north door between. It has a steeply pitched gable roof with ashlar parapets and a finial. A three-light Decorated-style east window has carved label stops. The north side of the chancel has a single window, also a three-light square-head window. A vestry is attached to the right, with a two-light east window. The south aisle has a two-window range of two-light square-head windows, under a lean-to roof with ashlar parapets. East and west windows are three- and two-light respectively. The gabled porch, between the windows, has a roll moulded outer opening with carved label stops. The north aisle mirrors the south with a two-window range of three-light square-head windows. A blocked north door, between the windows, retains a 14th-century surround with roll moulding to the arch and cluster shafts. It has a lean-to roof with ashlar parapets, and a diamond-shaped west window with quatrefoils. Dormers with louvres are present in the steeply pitched nave roof. The west gable features an ashlar gable parapet with a finial and a high-level two-light window.
The west tower is of three stages, built in the style of the 14th century, with two-stage gabled angle buttresses. It has a two-light west window in the lower stage and pairs of plain square-head windows to the north face of the second stage. Pairs of two-light bell-chamber openings with roll moulding and cluster shafts are on each face of the third stage. A corbel table is above, supporting a castellated parapet and short pinnacles at the corners. Clock faces are on the south and west faces; an inscription, "Rebuilt 1865," appears above the bell-chamber opening on the south face.
Inside, the three-bay nave arcade has double chamfered arches in the Decorated style, with octagonal piers to the north and quatrefoil piers to the south. The chancel arch is double chamfered, and the tower arch is triple chamfered and moulded. The nave roof has carved corbels depicting heads, and the interior includes a 19th-century chancel screen and furnishings. A tomb recess in the north aisle is likely from the 14th century. 19th and early 20th-century stained glass is in all the windows. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are also present.
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