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Church of St Mary, Stapleford Tawney (EHER 33403)

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Summary

Parish Church. Chancel circa 1220. South chapel and nave added shortly after. North vestry and South Porch circa 1862 when the church was drastically restored. West Bell Turret weatherboarded with shingled broach spire and weathercock. Flint rubble built with stone dressings. Red plain tiled roofs with pierced ridge tiles.

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Location

Grid reference TQ 5028 9901 (point)
Civil Parish STAPLEFORD TAWNEY, EPPING FOREST, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

C13 parish church. Information from NRHE data transfer. St Mary's Church (C of E) [NAT]. <1> Church of St Mary. Parish church. Chancel circa 1220. South chapel and nave added shortly after. North vestry and south porch circa 1862 when the church was drastically restored. Grade II*. (See list for details). <2> Parish Church of St Mary stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are of flint-rubble with dressings of limestone; the roofs are tiled, the bell-turret boarded, and the spire shingled. The chancel was built c. 1220, and the South Chapel and Nave were added probably at short intervals during the same century. In 1862 the North Vestry and South Porch were built and the church drastically restored, obscuring most of the evidence of its development. The only feature of interest is the coffin-lid with its curious cross. <3> Additional reference. <4>

Sources

  • --- Photograph: Essex County Council. 1970-1993. ECC Historic Buildings Photo Print Archive. 6 frames, .
  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. unknown. Ordnance Survey 1:25000 Post War National Grid. 1:25000.
  • <2> LIST: Department of the Environment. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Epping Forest.
  • <3> Monograph: RCHME. 1921. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume II, Central and South-West. pp. 225-226.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. and Radcliffe, E.. 1965. The Buildings of England, Essex (second edition).

Other References

  • NRHE identifier: 918596
  • National Monuments Record: TQ 59 NW 28

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