Description

TL 31NE THUNDRIDGE OLD CHURCH LANE
(north side)
Thundridge Bury
2/19 Remains of Old Church of
St Mary and All Saints
24.1.67
II*

Church. W tower only remains. C15 tower with C12 doorway and C14
window set in blocking of tower arch when church demolished in
1853. Flint rubble with stone dressings and clunch moulded
frames to openings. Roofed by a concrete slab at former parapet
level. A tall 3-stage square W tower with diagonal buttreses at
W corners. An internal spiral stair rises in the SW corner. W
front has weathered string courses at each level with sloped
plinth and protecting string course just above it. 3-light
cusped C15 W window immediately over contemporary W door with 4
centred depressed head, hollow moulded jambs, spandrels, square
surround and moulded label with grotesque heads as stops.
Pointed loop to middle stage and 2-light traceried openings on
each face of the bell stage. Large oval cast-iron tie plates at
2 levels on side walls. Chevron and dogtooth moulded arch and 2-
light square headed, ogee traceried window with ferramenta and
label with caved headstops, in blocking of equilateral C15 tower
arch with hollow moulded imposts. Frame of hatchment fixed hiqh
inside tower. Quatrefoil in circle dial stone on S face of
tower. Stone slab dial fixed higher up on same face. Many
carved C18 gravestones in surrounding churchyard with C17 and C18
brick wall. (RCHM (1911) 221: VCH (1912) 379: Pevsner (1977)
364).

Listing NGR: TL3681017335

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542894

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy