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St Mary's Church, Luddenham

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Luddenham, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands in a farmyard some 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Faversham. History The church dates from the 12th century, and the chancel was added during the following century. The tower was rebuilt in 1807, the church was restored in 1881–84, and the porch was added in 1889. The church was declared redundant on 16 May 1972, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 1 March 2002. It is open daily to visitors. Architecture St Mary's is constructed in flint, some of which has been rendered. It contains some re-used Roman tiles, the upper part of the tower is in brick, and the roofs are tiled. Its plan is simple and consists of a nave with a south porch, a chancel, and a tower in the southwest corner. The lower part of the tower dates from the 12th century, it is built in flint, and its quoins are Roman tiles. The upper part dates from the 1807 rebuilding, it is in brick, and has a battlemented parapet. The west door is Norman and is decorated with zigzags. The windows in the nave are lancets dating from the 14th and 19th centuries. The chancel has paired lancets in the east wall, and two separate lancets in the north wall. Inside the church is a 13th-century coffin lid carved with hands holding a heart. External features In the churchyard are three structures designated as Grade II listed buildings. To the north of the chancel is a monument dating from the early 19th century. Its inscriptions are illegible. North west of the church is a chest tomb, also dating from the 19th century with illegible inscriptions. Southwest of the church is a pair of headstones dated 1745 and 1747. They are carved with heads, skulls and a Bible, in a heart-shaped surround. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England Media related to St Mary's Church, Luddenham at Wikimedia Commons References
St Mary's Church, Maddington

St Mary's Church in the Maddington area of Shrewton, Wiltshire, in the west of England, was built in the late 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was declared redundant on 29 December 1975, and was vested in the Trust on 26 July 1979. The church has Norman origins, belonging to Amesbury Priory in 1179, with the earliest parts of the existing building dating from the late 12th and early 13th century. Later alterations included the renewal of the roof of the nave in 1603, funded by Giles Tooker. Sir Stephen Fox became the lord of the manor in the late 17th century and paid for the rebuilding of the chancel and redecoration. A gallery was added in 1637 but has since been removed. In 1853 the chancel was rebuilt and the whole church restored by Thomas Henry Wyatt, including the erection of the gabled porch. The walls of the nave and chancel have a chequerboard pattern of flint and sandstone. There is a low west three-stage tower, which was added in the 16th century and is supported by diagonal buttresses. The three bells are dated c.1499, 1587 and 1699 and are currently unringable. The interior includes a large plaster cartouche of strapwork enclosing the date 1637, which may be the date of construction of the gallery which has since been demolished. The stained glass includes work by Alexander Gibbs in the south aisle and another by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake in the chancel. Part of a flint and limestone wall, northwest of the church, is from the 17th century. The churchyard has an extension west of the main churchyard, across a footpath, which contains Commonwealth war graves of a Canadian Army soldier of World War I and a Dorsetshire Regiment soldier of World War II. Also here is the grave of Vladimir Pasechnik (1937–2001), a Soviet scientist who worked on biological weapons before defecting to the UK in 1989. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England References
St Mary's Church, Maidenhead

St Mary's Church is a conservative evangelical Church of England parish church in the centre of Maidenhead, England. It has a congregation of mixed ages and backgrounds. The church aims "to know Jesus and make Jesus known." Buildings There are several buildings on the St Mary's Church site. There is the church itself, the church halls, the 'Old Vic' (the vicarage from 1950 to 1992), the chapel and the Old Vic garden. St Mary's Church has been rebuilt three times. Currently it is the fourth St Mary's Church. The fourth church was constructed in 1965. The spire is made of fibreglass and had to be hoisted into position by a crane. It had a major refurbishment starting in 2016, completing in 2018. Staff Following the departure of the previous vicar, Revd Will Stileman, to All Souls Church, Langham Place, the current incumbent is Revd Jon Drake. The church employs two associate ministers, the Revds Ian Miller and Adam Curtis. In addition to the clergy, the church employs other ministry and administrative staff. St Mary's receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet (currently Rob Munro), having passed a resolution in accordance with the House of Bishops’ Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests. References External links St Mary's Church website Map sources - 51.5234°N 0.7185°W﻿ / 51.5234; -0.7185
St Mary's Church, Mellor

St Mary's Church is in Church Lane, Mellor, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission. History The church was built between 1827 and 1829 to a design by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. A grant of £5,534 (equivalent to £520,000 in 2025) was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission. The cost of construction of the church was £5,496.[A] It was restored and altered in 1897–99 by Austin and Paley who created a chancel by raising the east end, and building a screen and furnishings for the choir. Architecture Exterior St Mary's is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a six-bay nave with a clerestory and a continuous chancel, north and south aisles, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages with angle buttresses. There is a west door above which is quatrefoil in a circular surround. There are single-light windows in the middle stage, and the bell openings in the top stage also have a single light. The tower is surmounted by a needle spire, set back from the parapet. It contains openings under gablets. In the angles between the tower and the nave are single-storey projections with buttresses and single-light west windows. The bays along the walls of the aisles are separated by buttresses, and each bay contains a pair of lancet windows. The clerestory bays also contain paired windows. In the angles between the aisles and the chancel are more single-storey projections. On each side of the chancel are single-light windows, and the east window consists of five stepped lancets. Interior Inside the church are five-bay arcades with pointed arches carried on piers consisting of four clustered columns. There is a west gallery with carved traceried panels that contains an organ. Between the nave and the altar is a screen that incorporates a pulpit on its northern side. The font is in white marble, and has a carved cover including a pyramidal spire with angels. The stained glass includes windows in the south aisle by Capronnier dating from the later part of the 19th century, and a window in the north aisle dated 1928 by Whitefriars. There are also two windows from the early 20th century that are possibly by Shrigley and Hunt. The three-manual organ was built by Renn and Boston, and was extended in 1897 by Edwin Smith of Blackburn. External features The churchyard contains the war graves of ten Commonwealth service personnel of World War I, and six of World War II. See also List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England Listed buildings in Mellor, Lancashire List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914) Notes A In some cases, as in this one, the size of the grant was greater than the actual construction cost because it also included contributions towards the cost of the site, legal fees, etc. References
St Mary's Church, Mundon

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Mundon, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. History The oldest fabric in the present church dates from the 14th century. The church is built within the moated enclosure of Mundon Hall. It is thought that an earlier church existed on the site, possibly dating back to the Anglo-Saxon era, as it is situated on St Peter's Way, an ancient pilgrim's route to St Peter's Chapel, Bradwell. In addition the font, which has been removed, was dated to about 1200. The tower, with its timber belfry, was erected in the 16th century. The north porch was added in about 1600. By 1684 the church had fallen into disrepair. During the following century it was rebuilt in brick on the old foundations. In the 19th and 20th centuries the population of the immediate locality declined, and the fabric of the church deteriorated again. In addition it was damaged by the blast from a V-bomb during the Second World War. Although some repairs were undertaken after the war, church services were held elsewhere, and in 1974 the parish was transferred to St Mary's in Maldon. The church was taken into the care of the charity the Friends of Friendless Churches during the following year. The charity holds a 999-year lease with effect from 1 January 1975. Since its acquisition repair and conservation work has been carried out, assisted by a grant of £140,000 from English Heritage. From September 2009 the church has been open to visitors. An annual service is held in the church. Architecture, fittings and furnishings The plan of the church consists of a nave with a north porch, a chancel, and a tower supporting a belfry; around the tower is a semi-octagonal aisle. The nave is constructed in plastered stone rubble, the chancel is in brick, the aisle around the tower is timber-framed, the belfry is weatherboarded, and the roofs are covered in red tiles. Inside the church is a complete set of 18th-century box pews and an 18th-century octagonal pulpit. On the chancel walls, also dating from the 18th century, are paintings of the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and other texts. Above the east window is a mural depicting curtains being drawn aside, with hanging tassels, "in a rare rural attempt at trompe l'oeil". References Further reading Saunders, Matthew (2010), Saving Churches, London: Frances Lincoln, pp. 82–84, ISBN 978-0-7112-3154-2 External links St Mary's Church on Essex Churches website
St Mary's Church, Nettlestead

St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in Nettlestead, Kent, begun in the 13th century. Building Construction of the church began in the 13th century – the square tower at the west end being the only part surviving from this period. The tower is built of roughly-coursed local ragstone and is topped with a pyramidal shingle-covered roof. It features lancet windows in the three outward-facing sides and a medieval doorway installed in 1858 that came from a demolished church at Teston. The nave was built about 1438. The north and south elevations are similar; each divided by tall buttresses into three bays containing large stone-framed windows with curved tops divided into three vertical divisions. The western bay of the south side also contains a porch dated to about 1496. The north side is extended against the tower to enclose a stair turret built in the 19th century. a moulded plinth runs along the base of both façades. The chancel was built about 1460. It is narrower and set inward from each side of the nave and has lower eaves. The plinth continues and the eastern corners are diagonally buttressed. A single small pointed window with two lights is located at the west end of the north and south sides of the chancel and a pointed three light window in the east end. Internally, the roof of the chancel has a boarded ceiling with rafters decorated with bosses. The roof of the nave is plastered. A 15th-century tracery screen from Teston church is located at the base of the tower. The church contains wall monuments to Elizabeth Scott (died 1598) and Katharine Scott (died 1616), both featuring kneeling female figures. The stained glass in the church windows includes panels in the central window on the north side of the nave which were paid for by John or Reginald Pympe of the neighbouring Nettlestead Place in 1438. The north chancel window possibly dates from the 1460s and angels holding heraldic shields in the top lights of many of the windows are also 15th century. Other windows are Victorian or Edwardian in 15th century style. The church lychgate contains a memorial to casualties of both World Wars and the churchyard contains three chest tomb memorials which are Grade II listed. Use The church is used by both Church of England and Roman Catholic congregations, with the Catholic Mass held before the Anglican service on Sundays. See also Grade I listed buildings in Maidstone References External links Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Nettlestead: St Mary Images of the stained glass windows
St Mary's Church, North Huish

St Mary's Church in North Huish, Devon, England was built in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was declared redundant on 1 March 1993, and was vested in the Trust on 10 August 1998. Although some parts of the church are 14th century, the south aisle is 15th century. A rector was recorded in 1308 and the reconstruction of the church was dedicated in 1336 by Bishop John Grandisson. The building also underwent extensive renovation in the 19th century. The 2 stage west tower has buttresses on each corner. The ringing stage is reached by a polygonal stair turret on the north side. The tower is surmounted by an octagonal recessed spire. The interior includes early screens and the moulded octagonal granite font is dated 1662, but the rest of the furnishings, polygonal wooden pulpit and wall tablets are Victorian. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South West England References
St Mary’s Church (Nottingham)

Die der Church of England zugehörige St Mary’s Church (auch als St Mary in the Lace Market bezeichnet) in der mittelenglischen Großstadt Nottingham in der Grafschaft (county) Nottinghamshire ist eine zu Ehren der Gottesmutter Maria geweihte Pfarrkirche (parish church); sie ist als Grade-I-Bauwerk eingestuft und gehört zum Major Churches Network. Lage Die knapp 350.000 Einwohner zählende Großstadt Nottingham liegt am River Trent zwischen den jeweils etwa 70 km (Fahrtstrecke) entfernten Industriestädten Birmingham im Südwesten bzw. Sheffield im Norden in einer Höhe von 65 m; bis nach London sind es ungefähr 190 km in südöstlicher Richtung. Die St Mary’s Church befindet sich im Südosten der Altstadt. Geschichte Eine im Domesday Book (1086) erwähnte Kirche dürfte noch angelsächsischen Ursprungs gewesen sein. Die heutige Kirche stammt weitestgehend aus der Zeit zwischen ca. 1375 und 1510; lediglich der Vierungsturm wurde in der Regierungszeit Heinrichs VIII. (1509–1547) hinzugefügt. Die Kirche war damals im Besitz der benachbarten Lenton Priory, die jedoch in der Zeit der Auflösung der englischen Klöster (1536–1541) abgerissen wurde. Die St Mary’s Church wurde weiterhin als Pfarrkirche genutzt, später dann auch als Schule oder Maschinenhalle. Um das Jahr 1726 bekam die Westfassade der Kirche ein neues Aussehen. In den Jahren 1843–1848 wurde sie aufgrund von Bauschäden komplett restauriert; der Architekt George Gilbert Scott kümmerte sich danach noch um das Innere der Kirche., das in den 1990er Jahren erstmals auch als Veranstaltungsraum genutzt wurde. Architektur Die Kirche ist ca. 66 m lang, 20 m breit (im Querhaus 35 m) und erreicht im Mittelschiff eine lichte Höhe von etwa 19 m. In der Außenansicht dominiert der ca. 38 m hohe Vierungsturm den dreischiffigen Kirchenbau. Das im damals aktuellen Perpendicular Style gestaltete Langhaus endet am Querschiff, dahinter schließt ein nur einschiffiger Chor mit Seitenkapellen an. Alle Decken sind aus Holz gefertigt. Ausstattung Die Kirche besitzt zahlreiche Ausstattungsgegenstände aus dem späten Mittelalter und der Neuzeit. Die sogenannte Chantry Door (ca. 1370) im Bereich des Chores ist eine der ältesten erhaltenen Holztüren Englands. Die Altarrückwand (reredos) stammt aus dem Jahr 1885. Weblinks St Mary’s Church – Website (englisch) Einzelnachweise
Chiesa di Santa Maria (Nottingham)

La chiesa di Santa Maria (in inglese: St Mary's Church) o anche chiesa di Santa Maria Vergine (Church of St Mary the Virgin) è una chiesa nella città inglese di Nottingham e l'edificio religioso più antico della storia di Nottingham, così come la seconda "cattedrale" della città (diocesi anglicana di Southwell e Nottingham) dopo la cattolica cattedrale di San Barnaba e il più grande edificio medievale di Nottingham. La chiesa di Santa Maria è elencata come un edificio storico di prima classe nel Regno Unito ed è anche uno dei cinque edifici protetti di prima classe a Nottingham. La chiesa di Santa Maria ha aperto una scuola domenicale nel 1751. Note Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su St Mary's Church (Nottingham) Collegamenti esterni (EN) Sito ufficiale, su nottinghamchurches.org. (EN) Foto di Santa Maria da Nottingham21, su nottingham21.co.uk. Santa Maria su Google Street View.
St Mary's Church, Old Dilton

St Mary's Church in Old Dilton, Wiltshire, England was built in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was declared redundant on 26 April 1973, and was vested in the Trust on 6 September 1974. The church stands close to the Biss Brook in Old Dilton hamlet, about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) south-west of the town of Westbury. It was a chapelry of Westbury parish church, as the settlement lay within the ancient parish of Westbury. In the early 19th century, one of the curates assisting the vicar of Westbury was assigned to Old Dilton. When Dilton Marsh civil parish was created in 1894 the boundary followed the Biss, placing the church just within the new parish. The building consists of a nave, chancel, north chapel north aisle and vestry. The gabled south porch is believed to survive from an earlier 14th century building, but the rest of the fabric is 15th century. It has small stone spire at the western end. The interior of the church was renovated in the 18th century and includes box pews, a three-decker pulpit, and two small galleries. The gallery over the north side of the chancel was used as a schoolroom and has a fireplace. The octagonal stone font is from the 15th century and the Royal Arms of George III can be seen in the chancel. The church has no electricity supply. By the beginning of the 19th century, Dilton had dwindled to a hamlet as the population of Dilton Marsh increased. A church was completed at Dilton Marsh in 1844 and the old church closed in 1900, although it was still used for harvest festivals. Conservation work took place in the 1930s and 1950s, funded by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. The church remains consecrated and the fabric is maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust. Since 2000, further restoration work has sought to resolve issues caused by damp, brown rot, cellar rot and weevils, including the installation of new drains and gutters (for the first time in the church's history). Two services are held at the church each year. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England References External links Media related to St Mary's church, Old Dilton at Wikimedia Commons YouTube video of the church in 2008 The Village of Old Dilton at dilton-marsh.org.uk
St Mary's Church, Patshull

St Mary's Church, Patshull, is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of Pattingham and Patshull, Staffordshire, England, and is situated near Patshull Hall. 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. The church stands in parkland beside a lake. History St Mary's was built in about 1743, and was designed by James Gibbs for Sir John Astley. It replaced an earlier medieval church on the site. Additions were made to it in 1874 by W. C. Banks. These included a north aisle, a bell tower, and a dome. Architecture Exterior The church is constructed in sandstone, with lead roofs. Its plan consists of a three-bay nave with a north aisle, a single-bay chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. At the corners of the church and the tower are rusticated quoins. The tower is in three stages, the lower and middle stages being separated by a string course, and between the middle and top stages is a cornice. It contains round-headed and circular windows, and in the top stage are round-headed louvred bell openings flanked by Tuscan pilasters. It is surmounted by a lead cupola. At the east end of the church is a Venetian window, above which is a pedimented gable. Along the sides of the church are round-headed windows and, in the nave between these, are circular windows. In the middle of the south side is a porch supported by Tuscan pillars. Interior Between the nave and the north aisle is an arcade of round arches supported on square piers. The font consists of a marble baluster. Between the nave and chancel is a gilded wrought iron screen added by Banks. In the church are memorials to members of the Astley family. These include one to an earlier Sir John Astley who died in 1532. It is in alabaster and consists of two recumbent figures on a chest tomb. Another is to Sir Richard Astley who died in 1687. This consists of a standing figure between two seated wives, and is joined to the other monument by a frieze. Another monument is to a Lord Pigot who died in 1795 and to Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet who died the following year. Against the south wall of the nave is a medieval coffin lid. External features Around the church are three structures, each of which has been listed at Grade II. These consist of the walls, gates and gate piers to the northeast and south of the churchyard, a gate, gate piers and adjoining walls to the east of the churchyard, and gate piers and gates to the northeast of the chancel. The churchyard contains the war graves of two soldiers of World War I. See also Grade II* listed buildings in South Staffordshire Listed buildings in Pattingham and Patshull List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands References