Church of St Mary

CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1314821
Date first listed:
05-Jun-1968
List Entry Name:
Church of St Mary
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1314821
Date first listed:
05-Jun-1968
Date of most recent amendment:
11-Jan-1988
List Entry Name:
Church of St Mary
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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:
Doncaster (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Armthorpe
National Grid Reference:
SE 62192 04891

Details

SOUTH YORKSHIRE DONCASTER 5096 SE60SW ARMTHORPE CHURCH STREET (south side) 3/1 Church of St. Mary 5th June 1968 (formerly listed as Church of St. Leonard). - II Church. C11, C12 and C15 restored and extended 1885 for patron Lord Auckland of Edenthorpe. Cement rendered, graduated slate roofs. 3-bay nave with north aisle and west belfry, narrower 2-bay chancel with north chapel and C20 north vestry. Nave: exposed quoins. C19 porch on left has chamfered, pointed arch with hoodmould beneath coped gable with cross; c1200 south doorway within has old door beneath chamfered, 2-order round arch with renewed shafts and plain hood. On left of porch is a restored, round-headed slit window; on right a C15, cusped, square-headed 3-light window flanked by C12 round-headed slit windows; to their right a square-headed, ogee- traceried, single-light window. Ashlar gable copings with east cross; square belfry with louvred sides and shingle-covered pyramidal roof. C19 west window of 3 cusped lights beneath square head with hoodmould; gable slit. Separately-roofed north aisle of 1885 has chamfered plinth and Tudor-arched, 3-light west window with hoodmould; square-headed north windows of 2 and 3 lights. Chancel: lower and with quoins as nave. Small priests door with chamfered, quoined surround and ogee-soffit lintel; on its left a square- headed, ogee-traceried, single-light window; on right a similar window of 2 lights. C19 east window of 3 lights with pointed, hollow-chamfered surround and hoodmould; ashlar gable copings with cross. Chapel set back on right has a square-headed 3-light window with cusping and hoodmould. Interior: pointed medieval diaphragm arch on corbels beneath belfry; deep embrasures to the Cl2 south windows. C19 north arcade with octagonal piers and moulded capitals to double-chamfered arches. Chancel arch: probably C11; plain round arch with chamfered imposts, that on south carved with crosses and zig-zag motif; lancet-headed piscina with square bowl. Monuments: wall monument in north aisle to George Cooke Yarborough of Streethorpe (d.1818); grey marble panel with inscription on white tablet beneath cornice on consoles, by Lockwood of Doncaster. Another to George Cooke of Carr House (d.1892).

Listing NGR: SE6219204891

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
334699
Legacy System:
LBS

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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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