Building record 0253800000 - ST MARY'S CHURCH
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II*) 1214446: CHURCH OF ST MARY (DBC4374)
- Planning Notification Area: St Mary's Church Marsh Gibbon (DBC9717)
Map
Type and Period (1)
- PARISH CHURCH (Restored 1879-1880, 13th Century to 19th Century - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 0031 m Width 0015
Plan Form - CRUCIFORM
DEDICATED TO BVM. BODY, S & N AISLES, CHANCEL, W TOWER SQUARE, EMBATTLED, PINNACLES, CLOCK & DIAL BOARD (B1 -3). WORK BEGAN AT E END C.1240 & CONTINUED W. NO TRACES OF CENTRAL TOWER. S AISLE ADDED C.1300, W TOWER IN C14. N AISLE & VESTRY ADDED, W TOWER REBUILT & REMAINDER RESTORED 1879-80 (MORE DETAIL)(B4-6).
Grade II+. Parish Church. C13 cruciform plan. S. aisle added c1300, S. porch C15. N. aisle and vestry added, W. tower rebuilt and remainder restored 1879-80. Rubble stone. Lead roofs to nave, aisles and transepts; tiled chancel. W. tower of 2 stages with battlemented parapet, pinnacles and Perpendicular openings. Doorway and 3-light window to W. Nave of 2 bays has C16 2-light windows to clerestory, and parapet. S. aisle has 2-light window with ogee tracery and flat hoodmould to left, and C16 3-light window to right. S. porch has moulded 4-centred arch and parapet. C19 N. aisle has 3-light windows similar to clerestory. N. transept has 2 lancets with continuous drip mould to N. and 3-light Perpendicular window with carved head stops to E. S. transept has 5-light Perpendicular window to S. Chancel has C19 lancets with continuous hood and sill moulds, 3 to each wall with taller central light to E. Interior: nave has double chamfered C13 arches to transepts withcarved foliage and heads to caps. Similar arcade with moulded caps to S. aisle imitated C19 to N. aisle. C15-C16 roofs to nave and transepts with moulded beams on restored carved angel corbels. N. transept has 2 piscinae in E. wall, S. transept has piscina with segmental arch and C15-C16 library recess with wooden frame. Chancel has segmental arched tomb recess. Fittings: C17 pews. Other fittings C19 including carved stone rerdos of The Last Supper. Monuments: wall tablets to Abigail and Richard Barker 1712 and John Dodd 1698 in N. transept, and to John Townsend 1714 in S. transept. RCHM II pp 188-189 (B7).
NGR(B8).
Included in a collection of sketches of Buckinghamshire churches by Charlotte Pigott, wife of George Pigott, squire of Doddershall in Quainton parish, in the early 1840s (B9).
Sources (11)
- ---SBC24971 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2017. Archaeological watching brief at land adjacent to Sunnymeade, Station Road, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire.
- <1>SBC16705 Bibliographic reference: WILLIS B 1755 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF BUCKINGHAM PP240-241.
- <2>SBC7786 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP55-56.
- <3>SBC14497 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP293-294.
- <4>SBC13051 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP188-189.
- <5>SBC16086 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP208-209.
- <6>SBC11728 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE P202.
- <7>SBC3775 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p17.
- <8>SBC10481 Map: OS 1980 1:2500 MAP.
- <9>SBC23373 Article in serial: Elliott Viney. 1991. Bucks Churches in the Eighteen-Forties. Plate 8a, p76.
- <10>SBC23818 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2010. An Archaeological Watching Brief at St Mary's Church, Marsh Gibbon.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 64756 23228 (point) (Exact) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARSH GIBBON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13589)
Record last edited
Nov 19 2019 10:13AM
