The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
St Mary (now)
Parish church
The parish of Moorlinch, which is on the southern slopes of the Polden ridge, lies 6 miles E of Bridgwater. Most of the land lies on Keuper marl, with irregular areas of clay and limestone on the higher slopes, and alluvium between the marl and the peat of Sedgemoor. The church of St Mary, which is in a prominent position and dates from the 13thc., consists of a nave with S porch, chancel and W tower. The outer doorway contains restored Romanesque work. The tub font is also perhaps Romanesque work.
Parish church, formerly Benedictine house
Tutbury is a large village in the west of Staffordshire, adjacent to the Derbyshire border. St Mary’s church is on the northern edge of the village, overlooked by the castle which stands on its motte to the W. The church consists of a 6-bay aisled nave with a SW tower in the W bay of the S aisle. The N aisle was added in 1820-22 by Joseph Bennett. The original presbytery was pulled down at the Reformation, and the present one is a replacement of 1866 by G. E. Street, funded by Sir Oswald Mosley, grandfather of the Fascist politician of the same name. The original nave may have had 2 more bays at the E, as well as transepts, presbytery and a tower over the crossing.
The church is celebrated for the elaborate Romanesque sculpture of its west front and S doorway, described here, and for its use of alabaster for the first time in England and for the only time in an external setting.
Parish church
The manorial hamlet of Laverton lies in rich farmland 8.5 miles S of Bath, about halfway between Frome and Norton St Philip. It is in a dip: the N-facing side is a valley of the Hennambridge Brook, a tributary of the river Frome. The manor house (now belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall) and church of St Mary are adjacent. The church, which is built of rubble, consists of an unusual W end, which Pevsner finds to be reminiscent of a westwerk (described as a tower in the HE listing), nave, N porch, chancel and vestry. It is mostly of the 11thc, with 15thc alterations. There was a restoration in 1859. The Romanesque elements consist of N (and possibly S) nave doorways and two windows in the western section.
Parish church
St Mary's was built 1n 1866-8, following the design of the medieval building it replaced. It retains an elaborate Easter Sepulchre of c.1500 installed by the Townshend family of local and national significance. The spiral shafts described here constitute the only Romanesque sculpture at the site.
Parish church, former
This is a simple aisleless church with a tower, nave and chancel. The earliest part is S door and sections of nave wall. There is a modern porch with neo-Romanesque decoration.
Parish church
Templecombe is situated on the A357 5m S of Wincanton and 12m E of Yeovil. The church, which is located in the centre of the village, has Norman origins, but was rebuilt in the 19thc. It consists of a S tower incorporating a porch, nave with N aisle and NE corner vestry and chancel. The font is Romanesque.
Parish church
Thoresway is a village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, consisting of a few houses, the church and farm buildings extending along a minor road to the SE of Caistor. St Mary's is a coursed ironstone rubble building with limestone dressings and consists of nave with late-13thc. arcades, a N porch, vestry and a chancel. It was rebuilt in 1879-80 by James Fowler, who added a W bell turret with a shirt spire over the W gable. The was formerly a 12thc. tower to the W of the present nave, and the E tower arch remains inside the church. Romanesque features are the N nave doorway and the W tower arch.
Parish church
Norton-sub-Hamdon is a village in South Somerset, located 5 miles W of Yeovil. Its name refers to the subordinate situation of the village over 100m below and to the SW of Ham Hill. The site of Norton was probably chosen because it almost nestles into a side valley from the river Parrett 1/2 mile W of the church. Being on Yeovil Sands (at an altitude of about 32m OD), it is blest with exceptionally fertile land and has a supply of excellent and very handsome building stone available only about 1/2 mile distant on Ham Hill. The present church of St Mary has 13thc origins but was rebuilt around 1500-1510. Some fragments of Romanesque sculpture were however incorporated in the inner face of the later medieval tower. This was damaged by lightning in 1894 and restored.
Parish church, former
West Torrington is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of the county, 5 miles S of Market Rasen and 11 miles NE of Lincoln. The church, in the centre of the hamlet, was closed for worship in 2011 and put on the market but failed to sell. In 2020 it was put up for sale again, and in that year the villagers formed a group to bid for it themselves as a community and heritage hub. It was built in 1860-61 by R. J. Withers who reused 14thc masonry, thought to be from an earlier church on the same site. It consists of a nave with a bellcote and a S porch and a chancel with a N vestry, and is built of rubble with ashlar dressings. The only Romanesque feature is the font.
Parish church
Wainfleet St Mary Is a village to the S of the port and market town of Waiinfleet All Saints are a in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. It is on the A52, 5 miles SW of Skegness and 14 miles NE of Boston. St Mary's is a large marshland church primarily of the Early English and Perpendicular periods with a W tower, five-bay N aisle, four-bay S aisle, and short chancel. The S aisle and S porch were restored in 1874-5, the chancel in 1880-1, and the N aisle and nave roof rebuilt in 1892. The W tower arch leading into the nave has Romanesque respond capitals.