List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST MARY
List entry Number: 1117838
Location
CHURCH OF ST MARY
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | District Authority | Fleet Marston |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 21-Dec-1967
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 42154
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List entry Description
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History
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Details
SP 71 NE FLEET MARSTON
5/5 Church of St. Mary
21.12.67
- II*
Redundant parish church. C12 and C13 nave and chancel, altered C14 and
C15, restored 1868-9. Coursed rubble stone with chamfered plinth and
diagonal off-set buttresses, old tile roofs. N. side of nave has slight
projection at W. end, a large single light window, mostly C19, and a
restored C15 2-light window with tracery. Central door in 2-centred
chamfered arch and rebuilt porch, the porch retaining an old cusped light
to each side. To S. nave has 4-light cusped window with flat head. At W.
end of ridge is a small square bell-cote, rendered, with a gable to each side.
Chancel windows are also much restored, the N. and E. walls each having a
cusped single light, the S. side having one similar window, a 2-light
window with ogee tracery and flat head, and a doorway with 2-centred
chamfered arch. Interior: early C14 chancel arch, slightly 4-centred and
double chamfered, on semi-octagonal piers with moulded capitals. Each
capital has 4 ball-flower motifs. Fine C15 roof to nave has queen posts,
curved braces to collar, and curved wind-braces. Piscina basin in S.
window-sill of chancel, one locker recess. Circular font with tapering basin
on plain stem is probably C13, re-cut. 2 late C18 and C19 memorial tablets.
RCHM I p.158-9
Listing NGR: SP7796715966
Selected Sources
- Book Reference - Title: An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume One South - Date: 1912 - Volume: 1 - Page References: 158-9
National Grid Reference: SP 77967 15966
Map
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