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St Mary, Whitchurch, Warwickshire

Location
(52°8′3″N, 1°40′11″W)
Whitchurch
SP 227 485
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Warwickshire
now Warwickshire
medieval Worcester
now Coventry
  • Harry Sunley

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Description

A small aisleless church, the W end of the nave is 11thc. (with some herringbone masonry), while the rest, to the chancel arch, is 12thc. The W part of the nave is slightly wider than the later part. There is a round-headed, plain 12thc. window in the N wall of the nave. 12thc. sculpture is found on the S doorway, the chancel arch and a pillar piscina.

History

The advowson descended with the manor until the manor, less the church, was sold.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Exterior Decoration

Miscellaneous

Interior Features

Arches

Chancel arch/Apse arches

Furnishings

Piscinae/Pillar Piscinae

Comments/Opinions

Bibliography
VCH 5:211
Hingly R, Hunt J and Sttokes, M A. A Fragment of Anglo Saxon cross shaft from Whitchruch, Warwickshire, Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeology Society, Vol. 99, 65
Pevsner and Wedgewood, 471-2