St Mary's Church, Lambourn Woodlands
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Lambourn Woodlands in the English county of Berkshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church stands on the south side of the B4000 road, some 2 miles (3 km) south of Lambourn.[2][3]
| St Mary's Church, Woodlands St. Mary | |
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 St Mary's Church, Woodlands St. Mary, from the northeast | |
  St Mary's Church, Woodlands St. Mary Location in Berkshire | |
| 51.4731°N 1.5207°W | |
| OS grid reference | SU 334 749 |
| Location | Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 11 June 1983 |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Talbot Bury |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1852 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Flint with stone dressings Slate roofs |
History
The church was built in 1852 and designed by the architect Thomas Talbot Bury, a pupil of Augustus Charles Pugin, in Gothic Revival style.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 June 1990, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 24 July 1991.[4]
Architecture
St Mary's is constructed in flint with stone dressings, and has slate roofs. Its plan is simple, consisting of a three-bay nave, a north aisle and a chancel. To the north of the west end is an octagonal spire. There are three two-light windows in Decorated style, and a three-light east window.[1]
Inside the church is a three-bay arcade carried on octagonal piers. The chancel contains a sedilia and a piscina.[1] The reredos was carved by John Bacon, whose son was the first parish priest.[2]
References
- Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Lambourne (1136089)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 April 2015
- St Mary's Church, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire, Churches Conservation Trust, archived from the original on 5 July 2011, retrieved 12 May 2011
- Lambourn Woodlands, Streetmap, archived from the original on 6 October 2012, retrieved 12 May 2011
- Diocese of Oxford: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 9, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012, retrieved 12 May 2011