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Church of St Mary and attached presbytery

A Grade II* Listed Building in St Matthew's, Walsall

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Latitude: 52.5801 / 52°34'48"N

Longitude: -1.9835 / 1°59'0"W

OS Eastings: 401216

OS Northings: 298031

OS Grid: SP012980

Mapcode National: GBR 2D3.YZ

Mapcode Global: WHBG1.HDQW

Plus Code: 9C4WH2J8+2J

Entry Name: Church of St Mary and attached presbytery

Listing Date: 31 July 1986

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1077171

English Heritage Legacy ID: 219157

Also known as: St Mary's Church, Walsall

ID on this website: 101077171

Location: St Mary's the Mount Roman Catholic Church, Caldmore, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1

County: Walsall

Electoral Ward/Division: St Matthew's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Walsall

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands

Church of England Parish: Walsall St Matthew

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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SP 0198 SW
15/99

WALSALL MB
VICARAGE WALK
Church of St Mary and attached presbytery

II*

Roman Catholic church. 1825 - 7 by Joseph Ireland, with presbytery of 1833. Stuccoed brick with slate roof. Greek style, with moulded plinth, giant Doric pilasters, entablature, and pediments at east and west. West wall has clasping pilasters, and two further pilasters flanking the doorway, which slopes inwards towards the top. This has an architrave and moulded cornice. The north and south walls are each of five bays, the outer ones recessed between pilasters. The windows have lugged architraves and a sill band. The east wall is similar to the west wall, but has no openings. To its left is a single storey one-bay link to the presbytery, which is pedimented and of two storeys and three bays. The two left-hand bays have a single bay window on the ground floor. The doorway is in the right hand bay.

Interior: the church has a shallow coffered tunnel vault. The west gallery with organ is carried on two Doric columns. At the east end are four engaged fluted Ionic columns with entablature, with pilasters on the return walls which have acanthus necking.

Listing NGR: SP0121698031

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