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: 1179339
Location
CHURCH OF ST MARY, WESSEX LANE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| City of Southampton | Unitary Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 14-Jul-1953
Date of most recent amendment: 08-Oct-1981
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 135959
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
1. WESSEX LANE
5239 South Stoneham
Swaythling
Church of St Mary
(formerly listed as
St Mary's Church,
South Stoneham)
SU 41 NW 7/262 14.7.53
I
2.
The parish church of South Stoneham and the village church of Swaythling.
Chancel C12, nave C13, north transept of 1728, south transept of 1850s by
G Guillaume and late C15 or early C16 west tower with small double uncusped
belfry lights, later battlemented parapet and C19 west doorway. Built of
stone rubble with tiled roof. The interior contains a fine late C12 chalk
chancel arch, a piscina in the north chancel wall and a late C12 Purbeck marble
font having a square bowl with incised arcading to the sides, on later clustered
shafting. Good collection of monuments including a tomb of circa 1540 in
the chancel, a wall monument to Edmund Clarke (died 1632) and a huge baroque
monument to Edward Dummer, the builder of South Stoneham House, attributed
to Hawksmoor. Late C18 and early C19 wall tablets in nave.
The churchyard contains examples of C18 headstones with cherub, skull, heavenly
crown, trumpet urn and hourglass and flower motifs and C19 oval body stones
and chest tombs.
Listing NGR: SU4255313582
Selected Sources
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National Grid Reference: SU 43988 15421
Map
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