Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1114060
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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- Date:
- 2002-06-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/06253/01
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1114060
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH 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, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Dunton
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 23739 44224
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17/08/2015
TL 24SW
7/1
DUNTON,
CHURCH STREET,
Church of St Mary
31.10.66
II*
Parish church, C14 and C15, reworked 1861 by E Browning. Coursed ironstone
rubble and cobbles, with ashlar dressings. Tower completely of ashlar.
Chancel, N vestry, nave, N and S aisles, S porch, W tower. Embattled parapets
to nave and tower, plain parapets elsewhere. Chancel: C14. 5-light pointed E
window with net tracery. N and S walls each have C19 2-light pointed window
to E and square-headed 2-light C15 window to W. S wall has C16 priest's door.
C14 pointed chancel arch. N vestry: C19, with 2-light square-headed E window.
Nave: C14, reworked C15. 4-bay pointed-arched arcades to both sides, N one
C15, S one C14. C15 clerestory with 2-light windows to each side, all under
4-centred heads. C14 tower arch. N aisle: C15.3 windows to N, one to E, all
of 3 lights and with pointed heads. 9 N doorway with blocked pointed arch
above it, probably of an earlier window. S aisle: C14. 4-light pointed-
arched E window with flowing tracery. 2 3-light S windows, W one pointed-
arched with net tracery, E one C15 with square head C15 3-light W window with
4-centred head. S porch: C14. Parvis added C15, reached by spiral stairs
projecting from NW angle and giving onto S aisle. C19 single lights to W and
E of ground stage. Pointed archway. Parvis has 2-light window to S side. W
tower: rebuilt C19 in C14 style. 3 stages. Angle buttresses. Staircase
projects from NE angle. 3-light W window to ground stage. 2-light windows to
bell-stage. Interior: roofs C19, except S aisle roof retains C15 moulded tie
beams, pierced spandrels and carved stops. Chancel has hammerbeam roof with
carved angles to hammerbeams. C14 octagonal font with 2 cinquefoiled panels
to each side. S aisle E window retains fragments of medieval glass. Chancel
has C14 cinquefoiled piscina and sedilia. S aisle has C14 image bracket to E
end, with carved human head.
Listing NGR: TL2373944224
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 38379
- 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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