Church Of St Mary

SE 24 NW STAINBURN CHURCH LANE (east side) 4/96 Church of St Mary

22/11/66

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Church of St Mary. C12 and C17; 1894 restoration and addition by C Hodgson Fowler. Gritstone rubble, graduated stone slate roof. 3-bay nave with south porch and bellcote, one-bay chancel with north vestry. Nave: south porch has round arch and dripmould with worn human-head terminals; trefoil recess above; inner door with-plain tympanum. Cross-window to left of porch, narrow lancets to right, flanking a pointed-arched window with crude dripmould with human-head terminals. Bellcote at east end has 2 arches. A 2-light double-chamfered mullioned window in north wall of nave, and a narrow quoined lancet window at west end. Chancel: narrower and lower than nave. Blocked south door, with 3-light double chamfered mullion window under stepped hoodmould to right. Perpendicular-style east window of 3 lights. Shaped kneelers, ashlar coping,gable crosses. Interior: fine Norman font with circular stem and polygonal bowl with interlaced arcading and relief designs. C12 round-headed chancel arch of 2 orders with plain imposts. Pews are C16 and C17. The 1894 restoration included refitting the chancel, reroofing, construction of the vestry and relaying grave slabs. The church is now redundant and is maintained by the Friends of Friendless Churches. For further information see H Speight, Kirkby Overblow and District, London, 1903, p 198.

Listing NGR: SE2474948548