Description

1481/0/10009 VAUGHAN STREET
09-MAY-03 Winton
Church of St Mary Magdalene

II

Also Known As: Church of St Mary Magdalene, WESTBOURNE ROAD, Winton
Church. 1913-14. By RT Beckett. On land given by the 3rd Earl of Ellesmere. Red sandstone snecked ashlar with stone coped slate roofs. Perpendicular style with buttresses, some with set-offs. Central crossing plan with chancel, north vestry and transept, south Lady Chapel and transept, central crossing tower and nave with aisles. Later C20 west entrance narthex. East end has 5-light window and chancel north side has narrow window to north over the single-storey vestry which has 3- and 4-light windows and segmental arched doorway. 3-light window to transept over. North aisle has a higher separately gabled element adjacent to the transept with 2-light windows and then the lower element with flat-arched 3-light windows. 3-light windows to the clerestory over. The south chapel has a 3-light window to east and 2 small 2-light windows to south with a large 4-light window to the transept. South aisle and nave clerestory has similar fenestration to the north. The unfinished central tower has small single- and 2-light windows. The west end, similarly unfinished, is of brick and blank to the upper part. Projecting from this is a late C20 entrance and narthex with a lean-to roof.
INTERIOR. The chancel has aumbry and double sedilia. Panelling to east wall which has an elaborately carved reredos framing a Crucifixion. Carved altar front, communion rails and choir stalls. Good stained glass.
HISTORY. The Earl of Ellesmere, who paid for the chancel and transepts, died on 13/7/1914 whilst the church was under construction. The outbreak of the 1st World War interrupted building work and the end of the nave and tower were never completed.
A carefully designed church, the central crossing tower adding to the views through and across the spaces, with fine fittings to the chancel.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669896

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)