St Mary's Church, Mapleton
Description: St Mary's Church
Grade: II*
Date Listed: 13 September 1967
English Heritage Building ID: 80312
OS Grid Reference: SK1659348039
OS Grid Coordinates: 416593, 348039
Latitude/Longitude: 53.0294, -1.7540
Location: Yerley Hill, Mapleton, Derbyshire DE6 2AA
Locality: Mapleton
Local Authority: Derbyshire Dales
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
Postcode: DE6 2AA
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There is also a scheduled monument, Medieval Settlement Including Part of Open Field System, 200m South of Bank Farm, at the same location as this building or very close to it. This may be related in some way or possibly a different name for the same structure.
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Listing Text
SK 14 NE PARISH OF MAPLETON ASHBOURNE ROAD
7/41 (East Side)
13.9.1967 St Mary's Church
GV II*
Church. Mid C18. Coursed limestone with sandstone dressings. West tower, nave
and chancel in one. West tower, plain lower stage with slit staircase windows
to north and south. West porch with flat hood and two Tuscan columns. Doorway
with semi-circular moulded arch with projecting keystone and imposts. Six
panelled, raised and fielded double doors. Shallow bell stage, divided by a
string band. Angle quoins and an elongated circular bell opening to each face.
Cornice above. Octagonal dome surmounted by a stone lantern. Nave and chancel
with quoins and cornice. North and south elevations each with three round-arched
windows with raised stone surrounds, imposts and keystones. Similar east window.
Plain interior altered in the C19. West gallery with panelled front, on two
slender iron columns. No division between the nave and chancel. Panelled dado.
Several C19 brasses on the north wall, to members of the Goodwin family. One
to Francis Goodwin 1808-1895 and one to Richard Goodwin-Gladwin 1895, signed by
James Hardman & Co of Birmingham. Stained glass in the east window 1926 by
A J Davies of the Bromsgrove Guild. Painted organ case.
Listing NGR: SK1659348039
Source: English Heritage
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