PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN - Norton - List Entry
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Description
"Much of the early Cll church remains. It was extended in the late C12, improved in the C15 and restored and enlarged in 1877. Two-bay crenellated chancel with mock Tudor 3-light tracery and placing earlier lancets and sedilia. Three-light perpendicular East window having wood mould and head stags. Late C19 Vestry on North side. Squat crenellated tower with triangular headed open- ings on each side, originally below ridge line; upper part of tower later with 2-light louvred C15 foiled square headed windows. Cruciform plan; Saxon cross- ing arches, and masonry in most of tower and North transept makes this the only evidence of a Saxon cross plan in County Durham. North transept has an inserted 1877 window. Three bay crenellated nave with clerestory - C15...." -
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1140012
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