Church of St Mary the Virgin
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1061258
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jan-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1061258
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jan-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MAIN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Melton (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Freeby
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 79348 18936
Details
SK 71 NE FREEBY MAIN STREET
Wyfordby (south side) 5/40 Church of St.Mary the Virgin 1.1.68
II
Parish church. C13 and C14. Restored 1869. Further restored, 1965. Coursed and squared ironstone with limestone ashlar dressings and lead and slate roofs. Coped gables with gabled kneelers. West tower, nave with clerestory, north and south aisles, chancel. West tower, C13, 3 stages, has double chamfered plinth, 3 string courses, chamfered eaves with 4 gargoyles, crenellated parapet and 4 pinnacles. First stage has to south and west a single chamfered lancet. Second stage has no openings. Bell stage has 4 cusped double lancet bell openings with hood moulds. Clerestory, 3 bays, has on each side, 3 late C14 untraceried ogee double lancets with flat heads and hood moulds. North aisle, 2 bays, has to north an off-centre chamfered C13 doorway with hood mould, restored, flanked by single late C14 ogee Decorated lancets with flat heads. East end has mid C19 ogee Decorated triple lancet with reticulated tracery. All the north aisle windows have hood moulds and stops. South aisle, 3 bays, has unusual reticulated round headed triple lancet at east end. South side has an off-centre C19 doorway. chamfered and with moulded imposts, flanked by single C19 double lancets. All openings have hood moulds and stops. Chancel, 2 bays, has to north, 2 Decorated double lancets. East end has mid C19 reticulated triple lancet. South side has 2 C19 Decorated double lancets. All these windows have hood moulds and stops. Interior has double chamfered and rebated dying tower arch, C13. Tower chamber west window has C19 stained glass. North arcade, 3 bays, has octagonal piers and responds with water holding bases. C13 south arcade has round piers with keeled responds. Both arcades have double chamfered and rebated arches. C19 low pitched roof with arch braces and wall shafts on large foliate corbels. North aisle has to east a rebated aumbry. South aisle east end has a C13 cusped, chamfered piscina. Both aisles have C19 stop chamfered plain roofs. Chancel has late C13 double chamfered and rebated arch with conical imposts, and chamfered sill band. North side has to east, a rebated square aumbry. East end has stained glass memorial window c.1918. South side has to east a large cusped, chamfered C13 piscina. C19 principal rafter roof with arch braces and traceried spandrels. Fittings include octagonal late C14 font with cusped arcaded bowl and corner shafts. Softwood stalls and benches, octagonal oak pulpit on ashlar base, and wooden lectern, all mid C19. 7 restored pendant oil lamps. Memorials include a marble and slate war memorial tablet, 1919, and a cross, 1907.
Listing NGR: SK7934818936
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 189812
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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