Description

UPTON CHURCH STREET
SU58NW (East side)
4/168 Church of Saint Mary
24/11/66
- II*
Church. Probably C12; restored 1885, including flint facing; early C20 porch and
vestry. Coursed squared knapped flint to nave with stone quoins; unknapped flint
to chancel; old plain-tile roof to nave; C19 plain-tile roof to chancel; C19
wood bell-cote with wood-shingle pyramidal roof to left. 4 and a half-bay nave
with chancel plan. Plank door to centre of nave with Romanesque round-arched
doorway having zig-zag moulding. C20 timer-framed gabled porch. Lancet to left.
C19 three-light stone mullion window to right with ogee-shaped heads to lights.
Trefoil-topped paired lancet to left of chancel. Romanesque lancet to right of
chancel. C19 three-lancet window to east end of chancel. Rear: lancets to
chancel and nave. Lean-to vestry to right. Interior: C19 braced collar-truss
roof to channel. C19 altar rail, choir stalls, and encaustic tiles to floor.
Romanesque round chancel arch with dog-tooth moulding to imposts. Nave: C15
queen-strut roof with 2 rows of wind braces; Romanesque round stone font on C19
base. Round-arched doorway to vestry.
(Buildings of England: Berkshire: 1975, p247; St. Mary's Church, Upton by M.
Chitty, 1984)

Listing NGR: SU5148987002

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550214

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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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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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)