Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lapworth

Heritage listing

Details LAPWORTH CHURCH LANE SP17SE (East side) 1/23 Church of Saint Mary-the- 11/04/67 Virgin (Formerly listed as Church of Saint Mary) GV I Church. C12 nave; early C13 north aisle and chancel; north chantry chapel c.1250 partly rebuilt C15; late C13 south aisle, rebuilt c.146O; late C14 tower; west chantry chapel c.1450; nave clerestory c.1460. Random coursed squared stone; old plain-tile roof to chancel; copper sheet roof to west chantry chapel; roof of aisles and nave not visible. 2-bay chancel, 4-bay aisled nave, north and west chantry chapels and north tower. C19 porch to left of centre of south aisle with stone plinth and timber-framing. 2-centre arched doorway with hood mould, C19 plank door with decorative iron hinges. 2-light Perpendicular tracery windows to left, right of centre, and to right with decorative carved hood moulds and end stops. 3-light Perpendicular tracery window with decorative carved hood moulds and end stops to east end of south aisle. Y-tracery window to west end of south aisle. Battlemented parapet with finials to south aisle. 3-light stone mullion windows with ousped lights, hood moulds and carved end stops to clerestory. Blocked 2-centre arched doorway to centre of chancel. C19 three-light early-English tracery windows to left and right of chancel. 3-light Intersecting-tracery window to east end of chancel. North side: lancet with trefoil head to left of chancel. Y-tracery window to end of north chantry chapel. 4-centre arched blocked doorway to right of centre of north aisle, having cusped spandrels and hood mould. 2-light Perpendicular tracery windows above doorway, and to left of centre. Battlemented parapet with finials to north aisle, 3-light stone mullion windows with cusped lights, hood moulds and carved end stops to clerestory. 3

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.