Building record 403/1/1 - St. Mary's Church

Church built in the 13th century with 14th century additions. Restored in the 19th century. The church consists of a chancel with south aisle and aisled nave north and south porches and west tower.

{1} A fresco was found during restoration work to St Mary's Church. Other revelations included a staircase in the north wall and the remains of the base of an "ancient" font.

{2} Church. C13 and C14, restored C19. Squared coursed sandstone and sandstone ashlar, partly coursed ironstone rubble in south aisle, slate and lead roofs. Chancel with south aisle, aisled nave, north and south porches, west tower. Two 2-light windows with Y-tracery in north wall of chancel are c.1300. All other windows have C19 tracery. The mouldings around doorways have been renewed and the porches rebuilt. Tower, c.1300, is less altered and has a west lancet, bell openings with Y-tracery, a frieze of trefoiled arches with head corbels and moulded parapet with inscription "E.J.S.R. Church Warden, 1660", probably recording a restoration. Interior: chancel has 3-bay south arcade with quatrefoil piers and double chamfered arches. 4-bay nave arcade with octagonal piers, moulded capitals carved with heads and shields and double chamfered arches. Small re-set Anglo Saxon window to west of south doorway, also fragment of a medieval coffin slab with scroll decoration (badly eroded) is set in wall to west of south doorway. C18 altar rails with turned balusters. Set of stained glass by Kempe and Tower starting from 1901. An early C14 "Nativity" (restored) in the east window of the north aisle. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.100-101).

{6} Undated photo, also photo dated December 1978;

{7} SP 5433 7029: Church.

{9} Heavily restored church with a chancel, aisled nave and west tower dating from c1300 but incorporating traces of a Saxon predecessor. Three shields with variants of the Zouche arms present in the glass along with a Nativity panel.

<1> TREEN A.E., 1899, Historical Notes on The Parish of Barby, (unchecked) (Book). SNN43585.

<2> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/60 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<3> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F04 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<4> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.100-01 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<5> Richmond H., 1988, Survey of Northamptonshire Parish Churches (Unpublished Report). SNN1195.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Barby (Photographs). SNN111891.

<7> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 6" 1967 (Map). SNN112944.

<8> Undated, St Mary's Church, Barby, BF107242 (Archive). SNN113598.

<9> Marks R., 1998, Stained Glass Of Northamptonshire, p. 16 (Book). SNN101533.

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Dec 17 2024 4:07PM