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St Mary, Atherstone, Warwickshire

Location
(52°34′40″N, 1°32′48″W)
Atherstone
SP 308 979
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Warwickshire
now Warwickshire
  • Harry Bodenham

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Feature Sets
Description

Nave and aisles of 1849, Perp. chancel and N and S transepts with octagonal crossing tower. The chancel may have been built on the foundations of a 12thc. chapel of the Abbey of Bec (VCH) East of the N transept is a modern porch, an entrance from the grounds of a now demolished Hall nearby. In it is a reset 12thc. doorway brought from the church of Baddesley Ensor (4km to the E) when it was demolished in 1842.

History

By 1155 there was a chapel here. The Abbey of Bec was granted the Manor and arrangement made for the parson at Mancetter to take services.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Comments/Opinions

Many of the components are replacements probably dating from the re-erection after 1842, particularly the cream sandstone items - the R impost and R nook-shaft in the third order and several other stones in the arch. Most of the stonework is red-brown in colour.

Bibliography
VCH 4:129-130