Weight: 677 lbs Diameter: 32.75" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1897
Dove Bell ID: 874 Tower ID: 13565 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Boveney: St Mary Magdalene
Overview
Grid reference: SU 940 776
The church is approached from the west, and the first feature (apart from the bell-cote) to be seen is also the oldest, a small round-headed window in the centre of the west wall. The wall is otherwise featureless, and above the gable rises the weatherboarded bell-cote, which is shouldered so that it is rectangular in plan in the lower part and becomes square above the apex of the gable. The pyramidal roof is crowned with a small wooden cross.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
The church is rectangular with a west bell-cote.
Dimensions:
51 feet by 19 feet.
Description of Archaeology and History
The fabric is basically twelfth-century, but all the doorways and windows are later, dating from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries with some renewals in the nineteenth century. The church was restored in 1892 and again in 1951, the architect in the latter case being David Nye.
Exterior Description
The church is approached from the west, and the first feature (apart from the bell-cote) to be seen is also the oldest, a small round-headed window in the centre of the west wall. The wall is otherwise featureless, and above the gable rises the weatherboarded bell-cote, which is shouldered so that it is rectangular in plan in the lower part and becomes square above the apex of the gable. The pyramidal roof is crowned with a small wooden cross. There are louvres in the west face only.
The north wall of the church has a doorway with a pointed head and two chamfered orders which run from the apex of the arch to the ground without interruption. Further east are two windows, one of two ogee-headed lights under a square head and the other a single light, also under a square head. The east wall is pierced by a single window of two lights within a rectangular surround, set high in the wall with traces of a two-centred window of calier date above it. The south wall has a doorway similar to that in the north wall with the addition of a dripstone, and two windows similar to the two-light window in the north wall. In addition there is, west of the doorway, a small rectangular light, also resembling that in the north wall. The corners of the building are buttressed by stout brick buttresses which seem to be eighteenth-century and the walls rest on a plinth of grey bricks which appears to be quite recent, and may date from the restoration in 1951.
Interior
Interior Description
The floor is partly paved with stone flags and partly with bricks, the walls and plastered ceiling are whitewashed and the woodwork is mostly of mature oak. The internal appearance of the windows shows that in spite of severe weathering in many places outside almost all the stone work is nineteenth- century renewal. The nicks at the corners of the rere-arches on the two-light windows probably reproduce mediaeval details. It appears that the side walls of the church were built with a pronounced outward batter since externally they appear to be perpendicular. The framework upon which the belfry is supported stands within the west end of the nave, and is enclosed within plaster which gives the impression of an aditional thickness of the walls. In the south wall unler the belfry is the blocked winlow within a very deep recess. The ceiling is a curved plaster vault traversed by four plain tie-beams.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
The communion table, of oak, is basically Stuart with turned legs although the top and possibly the stretchers are new.
Table
The credence table is of oak, modern but in the same style as the communion table.
Rail
Late Georgian communion rails, simple and elegant, with iron uprights and oak rail.
Panelling
Panclling, eighteenth-century, with fielded panels, all round the chancel.
Screen
The screen is made up of seventeenth-century panelling; each side of the central opening a pair of crudely chamfered posts support poppyhead finials from a benchend. The screen itself is composed of thick oak planks set vertically. The cresting is seventeenth-century.
Pulpit
The pulpit is three sides of an octagon, with large panels below smaller panels decorated with stopped-fluting.
Font (object)
The font is a limestone bowl, tapering towards the foot, very massive, with a projecting edge-roll.
Bells
Weight: 504 lbs Diameter: 27.5" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by Ellis I Knight 1631
Dove Bell ID: 12243 Tower ID: 13565 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Weight: 588 lbs Diameter: 29.75" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by Ellis I Knight 1636
Dove Bell ID: 12244 Tower ID: 13565 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: SU 940 776
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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