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]

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St Mary's Church, Woodlands St. Mary, from the northeast
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Location in Berkshire
OS grid referenceSU 334 749
LocationLambourn Woodlands, Berkshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteChurches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional statusRedundant
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated11 June 1983
Architect(s)Thomas Talbot Bury
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Completed1852
Specifications
MaterialsFlint 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]

See also
  • List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England

References
  1. Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Lambourne (1136089)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 April 2015
  2. St Mary's Church, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 12 May 2011
  3. Lambourn Woodlands, Streetmap, retrieved 12 May 2011
  4. Diocese of Oxford: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 9, retrieved 12 May 2011
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