More information : [SE 3252 7715] St. Mary's Church [TU] (1)
The church of St. Mary the Virgin has remains dating from the C12th. A pre-Norman cross head and fragments have been built into the fabric. (2)
Church of St Mary. Grade II* . Church. C13 and C15, tower 1812. Restoration 1873. Coursed rubble with cobbles, C20 tile roof. West tower, nave, south transept, chancel with vestry and organ chamber to north. Tower of 5 stages with battlemented parapet and corner finials. Nave: 2 bays, 4 windows with Perpendicular tracery, 2 being C19 restorations. South transept; Y-traceried west window. 3-bay chancel: Y-traceried windows and C19 3-light east window. Interior: remains of Saxon sculptures in north wall of organ chamber. South transept has tomb recess and C13 piscina and C15 brasses. Also memorials to Graham family of Norton Conyers. Chancel contains double piscina and 3 sedilia, also a C14 carved wooden chest. (5)
Listed. (6)
Three of the five pieces of Anglian stone work date to the late 9th-mid 10th century, one fragment is of the first half of the 10th century, and the last piece is 10th-11th century. (7) |