Church of St Mary the Virgin, Barling Magna (EHER 34941)

A parish church with a 12th century nave and chancel, 15th century extension to the chancel, a 15th/16th century south porch and 19th/20th century restorations. The west tower was built in around 1425. It is built from mainly mixed rubble, and the west tower is built of coursed ragstone rubble. The church has red plain tiled roofs, ornate ridge tiles and terracotta crosses to the apices; the octagonal spire is shingle covered.

July 1959. Grade II* listed. A parish church with a 12th century nave and chancel, 15th century extension to the chancel, a 15th/16th century south porch and 19th/20th century restorations. The west tower was built in around 1425. It is built from mainly mixed rubble, and the west tower is built of coursed ragstone rubble. The church has red plain tiled roofs, ornate ridge tiles and terracotta crosses to the apices; the octagonal spire is shingle covered. <1> See photos <2>. NRHE data transfer: St Mary's Church [NAT]. <3> Parish Church of St Mary stands in the village. The walls are of mixed rubble except the tower, which is coursed ragstone-rubble; the dressings are of limestone and the roofs are tiled. The Chancel and Nave were built early in the 12th century. In the 15th century the chancel was widened towards the S and perhaps lengthened, The chancel-arch was rebuilt in the 15th century and the West Tower added c.1425. A S porch was added in the 15th or 16th century of which the base of the walls remains. The church, particularly the chancel, has been restored in modern times and the South Porch rebuilt. <4> See also <5> and <6>.