PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY - Maryport - List Entry

  • Description

    Parish church of 1760 origin, rebuilt 1847, from which period the tower survives, and rebuilt again in 1892 by J.H. Martindale. Coursed hammer-dressed red sandstone with freestone dressings, slate roof. Aisled nave, west tower with north and south porches, chancel and south-east vestry. The tower is in the simple Gothic style of the early C19, 4 stages with diagonal buttresses, embattled parapet and bold but simple corner pinnacles. Its lower stage is a porch and its west doorway has a continuous double chamfer, with doors inserted in 2007. There are lancets in the second stage, round clock in lozenge frame in the west face of the third stage, and upper stage with 3 stepped lights with louvres. The remainder of the church is mainly in Decorated style. Porches on the north and south sides of the tower are identical.....
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    Historic England
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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1327106
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
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