Description

SJ 81 SE
5/74

LAPLEY C.P.
Wheaton Aston
Church of St Mary

II*

Church. 1857 by Bidlake and Lovatt, chancel 1893 by Lynam. Random coursed rough faced red and white sandstone with ashlar dressings, tiled roofs banded with scalloped tiles, crested ridge and verge parapets. South west porch, nave, north aisle, north west tower, lower transepts and chancel in Lancet style. Two light, pointed windows generally, three light east window with flowing tracery.

Interior: four bay nave with pointed arcade to north and pointed arch to chancel of two bays. Scissor braced and boarded roof of heavier section in Chancel. Oak screen dated 1892; pulpit with some bas relief carving; plain font and pews. Glass in East window by Kempe. Replaces C17 Chapel of Ease of one cell without tower depicted in a watercolour over the south west door.

Listing NGR: SJ8516612554

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544951

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (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)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)