Description

TF 01 SW ESSENDINE
3/1

6.6.61 Church of St Mary

II*

Church, C12 and C13. C19 roofs, restorations and chancel rebuilding. Coursed
rubble with ashlar dressings to nave, squared rubble to chancel. Coped gable-ended
stone tile roofs. Nave and slightly taller chancel, without aisles. Double
bellcote on west gable. C13 and later fenestration, restored. South wall of
chancel, "low-side" window in form of quatrefoil in square panel. Very fine C12
south doorway, flanked by single spiral-fluted shafts with cushion capitals carrying
round chevron-moulded arch. Round hood-mould with lozenge decoration above.
Tympanum with half-length figure of Christ blessing, flanked by angels. Jambs
carved with scenes including ?Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Pointed chancel
arch with chevron moulding. Said originally to have been the Chapel to Essendine
Castle, the site of which adjoins the church to the north-east.

Listing NGR: TF0490212789

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Mary at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17535195

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)