Description

TM 03 NE HOLTON ST MARY B1070
(south west side)
2/3
Church of St Mary
22.2.55
GV II*
Church. C13-C15, restored 1882. Flint with ashlar dressings. Plain tile roofs.
Apparently truncated west tower, aisleless 2-bay nave and chancel. West tower
2 stages on flushwork plinth, diagonal offset buttresses, later brick embattled
parapet and small amount of patching at summit. 2-light Perpendicular west window.
C19 south porch contains two pews with poppyhead bench ends. Moulded south door
under hoodmould with worn head stops surmounted by pointed niche. 2-light curvi-
linear windows to nave. C14 moulded north door with worn head stops. Chancel at
lower level. Restored Y-tracery windows, moulded priests door. Two offset
buttresses. Renewed east window with intersecting tracery, east wall possibly
rebuilt. Vestry to north. Interior: rendered walls. C19 barrel roof. C15 tower
arch on half-octagonal responds with moulded capitals. C15 octagonal panelled
font on earlier base. C13 piscina with cusped arch on nook shafts with moulded
capitals.

Listing NGR: TM0592736787

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534506

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living