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St Mary's Church, Staveley

St Mary's Church is in the village of Staveley-in-Cartmel, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History A church was present on the site by 1618, and was repaired in 1678. The south aisle and the tower date possibly from 1793. The church was restored in 1897 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley. The restoration included removal of pews, reroofing and reseating the church, and replacing the stone arcade with one in timber. Its estimated cost was £1,000 (equivalent to £110,000 as of 2025). Architecture The church is constructed in stone rubble with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave and a chancel in one range, a south aisle, and a west tower with a vestry to its south. The tower has a west doorway, with a two-light window above it. The paired bell openings are round-headed, and the battlemented parapet has crocketed pinnacles at the corners. There is a clock face on the north side. On the sides of the church are two-light round-headed windows. The east window has three lights. Inside the church is a five-bay oak arcade, and a 19th-century open timber roof. The furniture dates from the 19th century and includes a simple octagonal font, and a timber pulpit decorated with traceried panels. The two-manual pipe organ is located at the east end of the south aisle, and was built by Wilkinson of Kendal in 1870. External features In the churchyard, standing on an outcrop of rock, is an 18th-century stone sundial. This consists of a square pier with a moulded base and cap. The plate and gnomon are missing. The sundial is listed at Grade II. See also Listed buildings in Staveley-in-Cartmel List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914) References
St Mary's Church, Summerstown

St Mary's Church, Summerstown, is the parish church of Summerstown, South London. It is also a Grade II listed building, having been designed by Godfrey Pinkerton and constructed in 1903–4. History The parish was constituted in 1845 and there has been a church in this area for a number of years. In 1894, the old chapel, built in 1836 by William Moseley and extended in 1861 and 1870, was demolished for structural reasons, and was replaced by a temporary iron structure until a new parish church could be completed nearby. This iron structure served as a church hall from c. 1925 until 1968, when it was sold by an act of Parliament, the Saint Mary, Summerstown Act 1968 (c. v). The Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building and repairing of Churches and Chapels gave £250 towards the rebuilding. The foundation stone was laid by Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Victoria on 4 April 1903 who was accompanied by an escort of the Surrey Imperial Yeomanry, and greeted at the site by a detachment of the 4th Surrey Volunteers. The Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, Mr Henry Kimber MP and the vicar, Revd. John Robinson were in attendance. The church was consecrated by the Suffragan Bishop of Southwark, Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs, on Saturday 30 April 1904. It has been little altered over the years, with an addition of a new church hall around 1968, a (recently restored) lynch gate around 1930, and Summerstown's war memorial after the Great War. Organ The church contains a pipe organ by Henry Bevington. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Present Day The church is open for public services every Sunday at 10:30am, and has a range of mid-week groups, including for children, students and young adults. References External links Official website
St Mary's Church, Stockport

St Mary's Church is the oldest parish church in Stockport, a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on Churchgate overlooking the market place. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Stockport. History A church stood on the site by 1190. A sandstone church was built during the incumbency of Richard de Vernon (1306–1320), and only its chancel survives. The remainder of the present church was constructed between 1813 and 1817 to the design of Lewis Wyatt. A further restoration took place in 1848 to replace weathered masonry, and additional restoration was carried out in 1882. The tower originated in the 14th century and was rebuilt between 1612 and 1616, and again in 1810. Architecture Structure The chancel is built in local red sandstone in the decorated style. The rest of the church is Runcorn sandstone in the perpendicular style. Its plan consists of a west tower, a wide nave with galleries, a south porch, and a chancel with a vestry to its north. Fittings and furniture The roof of the chancel is the original single-framed timber roof. In the sanctuary is a double piscina, a large triple sedilia and, in a recess, the damaged effigy of Richard de Vernon, who was rector of Stockport from 1306 to 1334. In the church are several monuments, including one dated 1753 by Daniel Sephton to the memory of William Wright. Other memorials include one to Sir George Warren who died in 1801 by Sir Richard Westmacott depicting a standing female figure by an urn on a pillar, to Rev Charles Prescott who died in 1820, also by Westmacott, showing a seated effigy, to James Antrobus Newton who died in 1823 by Bacon Junior and S. Manning showing a kneeling female figure, and to Mrs Hawall who died in 1852 by Latham of Manchester showing angels hovering over her body. On the chancel arch are the coat of arms of George III in plaster. The parish registers begin in 1584. There is a ring of 10 bells. Seven of these were cast by John Rudhall in 1817 and the other three by John Taylor & Co in 1897. External features The gateway to the church and a nearby drinking fountain are listed at Grade II*. The gateway was designed by Lewis Wyatt and consists of three pointed archways, with crocketed finials above the centre arch. A rectory was built for the church in the 1740s to replace an earlier timber-framed building of 16th-century origin. It served as the home of rectors, and later of the bishops of Stockport, until 1965. The building was converted into a pub-restaurant in 1991, is now part of the Hungry Horse pub chain, and is a Grade II* listed structure. The old ice house still survives within the grounds. Gallery See also Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester List of churches in Greater Manchester Listed buildings in Stockport References
St Mary's Church, Thatcham

The St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church at Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is a Grade II* listed building. It has been claimed that the church was founded in the 7th century by St Birinus, and parts of the church date from the 12th century. Tower and bells The tower contains a peal of 10 change ringing bells. The oldest bells (5th–9th) date from 1624 and were cast by Ellis I Knight of Reading. The newest bells (1 and 2) date from 1969 and were cast by John Taylor & Co. The tenor bell (cast in 1825) weighs 13-0-23 (671 kg) and rings out the note 'F'. The bell ringers practise on a Tuesday night from 7:30 pm till 9:15 pm. They also ring on a Sunday from 9:15 am till 10 am. Treble: 3cwt, John Taylor 1969 in A 2nd: 3cwt, John Taylor 1969 in G 3rd: 4cwt, John Taylor 1929 in F 4th: 4cwt, John Taylor 1929 in E 5th: 5cwt, Ellis I Knight 1624 in D 6th: 6cwt, Ellis I Knight 1624 in C 7th: 6cwt, Ellis I Knight 1624 in Bb 8th: 7cwt, Ellis I Knight 1624 in A 9th: 10cwt, Ellis I Knight 1624 in G Tenor: 13cwt, Thomas II Mears 1825 in F References External links Official Site St Mary's Church Thatcham on berkshirehistory.com
St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the small village of Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and it is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. History A chapel was present on the site in Saxon times and is recorded in the Domesday Book. It was formerly dedicated to Saint Helen. The nave, chancel and south aisle of the present church date from the 14th century as does the south door. A chapel, the Elton Chapel, was added in the 16th century. The tower also dates from this time; it was damaged by fire in 1909 and was largely rebuilt in 1910. A south porch was added in the late 17th century. The nave and chancel were originally undivided but an arch was added in the 19th century. A restoration was carried out in 1878. The church closed in 2002 and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust in September 2009. Repairs and restoration have cost £350,000, and the church is now open for visitors and community use. Architecture Exterior The church is built in red sandstone with slate roofs. The plan consists of a nave of five bays, and three-bay chancel with a south aisle and a south porch. To the west of the aisle and incorporated in the church is the tower. The three-bay Elton Chapel is to the east of the aisle. Interior The chancel retains its medieval hammerbeam roof but the roof of the nave was replaced in pitch pine in the 1878 restoration. The chancel is panelled with oak which had previously been used for the pews. An oak screen is between the chancel and the chapel. The organ has been placed at the west end of the chapel and the rest of it is used as a clergy vestry. The altar rails are dated 1694 and are on three sides of the altar. The altar table is also dated 1694. A medieval piscina is in the wall of the aisle. In the vestry is a small church chest and two sanctuary chairs dating from the early 17th century. There are two fonts, both probably from the 17th century. One of these, which is octagonal, was used for a time as a vase in a local garden. On the walls are monuments to local landowners and 11 painted memorial panels and hatchments. It is thought that some of these may be by members of the Randle Holme family of Chester. The parish registers begin in 1574 but are incomplete between 1682 and 1688. There is a ring of four bells cast by John Taylor and Company in 1909. External features Some of the walls of the churchyard and gate piers are listed Grade II, as is a table tomb in the churchyard. Also in the churchyard is a sundial with an octagonal shaft dated 1754. In addition the churchyard contains the war grave of a First World War soldier of the King's Liverpool Regiment. See also Grade I listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester Grade I listed churches in Cheshire Listed buildings in Thornton-le-Moors List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England References External links Photographs by Craig Thornber Photographs of the interior by Peter Whitby
St Mary's Church, Tickhill

St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed Anglican church in Tickhill, South Yorkshire, England. Dating from the early 12th century and built with local Magnesian Limestone the structure today is predominantly of Perpendicular style with glimpses of earlier Norman, Early English and Decorated styles. The large west tower of the church is 128 feet (39 m) high. It is an active place of worship in the Diocese of Sheffield. Organ The organ was originally built in 1857 by Charles Brindley (Sheffield). One of his earliest organs, the influence of Edmund Schulze – whom Brindley met at the Great Exhibition of 1851 – is clear notably in the complete Diapason chorus of the Great. The current organ is the result of several major rebuilds and regular additions. Its most recent additions are the Pedal Double Trumpet 16'; which was added in 2007, and a protective canopy; added in 2010. Peal See also Grade I listed buildings in South Yorkshire Listed buildings in Tickhill References External links Official website
St Mary's Church, Tilston

St Mary's Church stands in an isolated position to the south of the village of Tilston, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with that of St Edith, Shocklach. History An earlier church stood on the site of the present church and there is a list of rectors dating from 1301. The oldest part of the present church is the tower which dates from the 15th century. The chapel on the north side is dated 1659 and is known as the Leche Chapel, or the Stretton Hall Chapel. Most of the rest of the church, including the chancel, vestry and nave roof, was rebuilt by John Douglas between 1877 and 1879. Architecture Exterior The church is built in red sandstone with a steeply pitched tile roof. At the west end is the three-stage embattled tower. This has corner buttresses, a west doorway, a west window of three lights, belfry windows of three lights on all sides and ringers' windows, the one on the west face being placed north of the centre. The west door has a Tudor head. The tower leads into the nave through a fine arch. The original Elizabethan roof was dismantled in the 19th-century rebuild, and some of the timbers were used in the chancel roof. The south door has been blocked off, and entry is through the north porch. In the north porch is part of a curved beam taken from a gallery which was dismantled in 1879, and which bears the arms of Peter and Ann Warburton. The beam is dated 1618. Interior The altar rails are dated 1677, and the holy table is from the same period. The octagonal pulpit is early Georgian in style, and it stands on a stone base from a later period. Most of the glass dates from the 19th century, but some painted medieval glass remains. There were originally a ring of 4 bells cast in 1672 and 1678, these were recast and augmented to 6 bells ring, cast in 1924 and installed in 1925 by John Taylor and Company. The parish registers date from 1558 but are incomplete. The churchwardens' accounts are from 1688. The clock installed in the tower is dated 1750 and bears a makers mark of "Joseph Smith Chester Fecit" together with the names John Barker and John Jones Churchwardens (See photograph) External features In the churchyard is a sundial with an octagonal shaft on the base of an ancient cross. The head is elaborately shaped. The gates, gate piers and churchyard wall to the west of the church are listed at Grade II. On the west side of the gate piers is the date 1687 and the initials "LP" and "LL". On the south side of the posts there are skull and crossbones symbols and on the east side is the inscription Memento Mori. The churchyard also contains the war graves of a soldier of World War I, and another of World War II. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester Listed buildings in Tilston List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas References External links Medieval stained glass information from CVMA
St Mary's Church, Walmer

The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, commonly shortened to St Mary's, is a church in the Church of England parish of Walmer, Kent, England. History It was designed by Arthur Blomfield in 1887 to take the pressure off the parish's two other churches, the small medieval Old St Mary's and St Saviour's (a Victorian chapel of ease for fishermen on the seafront, opposite the lifeboat house). A spire was designed but never built. Art and architecture The entrance is a three-bay baptistery, into a tall clerestoried nave with narrow aisles either side. The main west window portrays nautical episodes of Christ's life (e.g. the miraculous draught of fishes, preaching from the boat, calming the storm), the instruments of the Passion) and Saints Peter and Paul, whilst both aisles have five sets of three lancets each, with those on the north showing saints and apostles and those on the south side showing Old Testament figures from Moses to Hezekiah. Most windows are by Powell. The aisles end not in complete arches but in lean-to ones, connecting to the vestry (south) and the soldiers' chapel (north). The central nave, on the other hand, is divided from the chancel by a low alabaster screen, showing Blomfield's adherence to the Cambridge Camden Society's ideal that a chancel and nave should be structurally separate. At the east end, at the High altar is a reredos designed by Powell's beneath tall triple lancet windows depicting the Ascension, framed by mosaic images of one angel of the left captioned Sperate (Hope for) and another on the right captioned Surgite (Arise). The sanctuary tiling is in brown opus sectile. References External links Walmer Parish Churches
St Mary's Church, Walsgrave

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a church in Walsgrave, in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands of England. The building is Grade II* listed, though churches in ecclesiastical use are exempt from listed building procedures. A Norman chapel was built at the site in Sowe sometime after 1086. The first known mention of the chapel is in 1221, and St Mary's church is its successor. All that remains of the Norman chapel is the church's font and a pillar capital, both carved from red sandstone. The church was originally built in 1300, with additions made in the medieval period, and in the 19th and 20th centuries. The original building was composed of local red sandstone, with grey sandstone being added later on. The tower was added in the 15th century. No visible trace of the original church building can be seen in the current structure, and it is possible that the church was completely rebuilt later in the 13th or 14th centuries. Medieval fabrics in the church are particularly of historical interest, as are the 14th-century windows, and other medieval fittings. In 1951, the wall around the churchyard along the street was removed and the ground within the perimeter leveled and sloped nearly to street level. In the process, coffins interred in the churchyard were removed and reburied on a local farm, and the headstones were either placed upright against the south wall of the churchyard or laid flat around the church grounds. References External links Official website History of St Mary's
St Mary's Church, Walton

St Mary's Church is in the village of Walton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Brampton, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of four nearby parishes. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. History The present church was built in 1869–70 on the site of a previous medieval church, which had itself been rebuilt in 1811 and extended in 1843. The architects were the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin. The church cost about £2,000 (equivalent to £210,000 as of 2025). Architecture Exterior St Mary's is constructed in red sandstone on an ashlar chamfered plinth. It has quoins, a string course, and slate roofs with coped gables, a cross finial, and decorative ridge tiles. The plan consists of a four-bay nave, a north aisle, a three-bay chancel, and a tower incorporating a porch at the northwest. On the west wall of the tower is a stair turret. The entrance to the porch is through a pointed doorway on the north side. The bell openings are also pointed, they contain louvres, and are Early English in style. On top of the tower is a pyramidal roof with small louvres. The sides of the church differ. The south side contains tall lancet windows and one quatrefoil. The north side has a catslide roof extending from the ridge to the edge of the aisle. It contains smaller lancet windows. At the west end are a pair of lancet windows and a rose window. At the east end are three equal-sized lancet windows with a quatrefoil above. Interior The pews and all the furnishings date from the 19th or early 20th century. At the base of the font is a fragment of a cross from the 10th or 11th century. On the walls are marble memorial plaques moved from the earlier church. The reredos dates from 1899 and consists of a mosaic framed in alabaster. The stained glass in the east window is by William Wailes and is dated 1869. In the north aisle is a window by Heaton, Butler and Bayne from about 1912. The age of the single-manual organ is not known, but it thought to have been built by Samuel Renn of Manchester. External features In the churchyard is a hearse house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed in calciferous sandstone and has a slate roof. It has been listed at Grade II. It is probable that its round-arched window comes from the 1813 church. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cumberland Listed buildings in Walton, Cumbria List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin References
St Mary's Church, Washbrook

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Washbrook, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands in an isolated position in fields about 3 miles (5 km) west of the centre of Ipswich. History The oldest fabric in the church dates from the 12th century, but most is from the 14th century. In 1866 the church was restored by Edmund Buckton Lamb, and a north baptistry was added. Architecture Exterior St Mary's is constructed in flint rubble and some brick, with stone dressings. The roof is tiled, with alternating bands of red and black fishscale tiles. Its plan consists of a nave and a chancel, with a south porch, a north vestry and baptistry, and a west tower. The flint tower is in three stages with a brick battlemented parapet. There are angled buttresses on the west corners and a stair turret at the southeast corner. The turret contains vertical slit openings. The tower stands on a plinth, above which is a band of stone and flint flushwork in a chequerboard pattern. On the west side of the tower is a three-light window dating from the 19th century. There are single bell openings on the north, west and south sides. The south porch dates from the 19th century and is in timber on a brick and flint base. Its roof is in banded tiles. The porch leads to a 19th-century doorway in the style of the 14th century. The nave and chancel also stand on a plinth, which is rendered, above which is a band of alternate stone and flushwork panels, which continues round the church, including the buttresses. To the left of the porch is a two-light window with late Decorated or early Perpendicular tracery and, to its right is a small lancet window, probably dating from the 12th century. To the west of this are two 19th-century three-light windows between which is a buttress and, to the west of these, a chancel door. At the east end are diagonal buttresses. The 19th-century east window has three lights. The windows in the north wall are similar to those on the south side. Interior The 14th-century stone carving in the chancel is "exquisite". This is to be found in the six-bay arcades, the window tracery, the stalls with canopies, the sedilia and piscina, and an Easter sepulchre. In the baptistry is a 15th-century font with an octagonal bowl. This is carried on pilaster shafts with four carved lions. Under the bowl are carvings of angels holding shields, alternating with roses and acanthus-like leaves. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England References External links Suffolk Churches, with photographs of the exterior, interior, and stained glass