Church Of St Mary

FOXHOLES VILLAGE TA 07 SW 11/3 Church of St Mary 10.10.66 - II Church. 1866 by G Fowler Jones. Dressed sandstone with limestone dressings, on chamfered plinth; slate roof. Some columns of Mansfield stone. South-west tower; 3-bay nave, north aisle and south porch; apsidal chancel; vestry. 4-stage tower with south and west lancets in nailhead openings in second stage. East, west and south roundels in scalloped openings in third stage. Belfry has angle shafts with scalloped capitals and four round-arched openings, on Mansfield stone shafts with scalloped capitals, containing scalloped pierced louvres, beneath continuous hoodmould. First and second stage string courses, the second stage with chevron mouldings. Bracketed string to belfry, and broad scalloped cornice beneath pyramidal spire with cock vane. North buttress to west end, and west window of 2 round-arched lights on shafts with scalloped capitals. Sill string with foliated head stops; continuous hoodmould extends into tower second-stage string course. Gabled south porch contains round arch with nailhead moulding, on Mansfield stone shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. Impost string and head-stopped hoodmould. Diagonally-set square carved panels in gable. Round-headed double doors, on elaborate wrought-iron hinges, in chamfered opening. Nave and aisle windows round-arched, many with nailhead moulding, some with hoodmoulds and sill strings. 3-bay buttressed apse has south window of 2 round-arched lights on scalloped corbels and central shaft with water-leaf capital. Single round-headed window further to east. Similar treatment to north wall and gabled vestry. Gabled east end has angle shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. Single round- arched east window has Mansfield stone shafts, with stiff-leaf capitals, and hoodmould. Scalloped roundel with monogram above. Coped gables. Gable crosses at west end, nave and chancel east ends and porch. Interior: arcade of double-chamfered round arches on cylindrical columns of Mansfield stone, on high pedestals, with scrolled spurs to bases; elaborate water-leaf capitals. Continuous hoodmould on mask and grotesque stops. Chancel arch of 3 orders, the outer 2 with scalloped capitals, the inner with scallops and volutes. Inner arch has billet mouldings, the outer a painted text. Hoodmould with rosette and ivy leaf stops. Stepped, triple- arched opening above. Apse dado of chevron-patterned polychrome Minton tiles. Reredos of painted carved stone Altar on 4 marble colonnettes with scrolly waterleaf capitals. Roof on corbelled curved principals. Heavily- carved square font on pedestal and base, and weighted cover with floral wrought ironwork. Carved pulpit on squat marble columns. Apse windows by Capronnier of Brussels.

Listing NGR: TA0098273208