Description

TM 39 NW SISLAND CHURCH ROAD

3/58 Church of St. Mary
5.9.60
II*

Parish church. Medieval, partly rebuilt after struck by lightning in 1761.
Flint and colourwashed brick. Thatched roof. Continous nave and chancel with
ruins, possibly of medieval chapel, to north. West wall pebbledashed with
C18 Y-tracery west window. Weatherboarded bell turret over first nave bay
with boarded parapet and timber pinnacles with finials to angles, spirelet.
Doorway with 3 orders of brick reveals. 3 timber Y-tracery windows to south,
buttressed, facade. Remains of medieval flint walling to north with brick
dressed blind arch with piscina. North doorway with remains of imposts. North
chancel wall of brick with one Y-tracery window. East window with Y-tracery
Interior: lobby and vestry in first bay. West gallery on iron columns.
Tripartite chancel arch on Tuscan columns with pointed arches. Octagonal font
with 4 lions against stem; bowl with flowers and angels.

Listing NGR: TM3441198573

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532192

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)