Weight: 160 lbs Diameter: 18" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1967
Dove Bell ID: 65357 Tower ID: 25696 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Burgh Heath: St Mary the Virgin
Overview
Grid reference: TQ 243 579
The foundation stone in the east wall is dated 1908 and the church was finished in the following year. The architect was John Alec Thomas. The style is late-Decorated with chequerwork enrichment in the flint to the tops of the east and west gables and on the parapets of the aisles.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Five-bay aisled nave; chancel with south chapel and north vestries and organ chamber upon which is a structure incorporating the boiler flue and a bell-cote for a single bell.
Description of Archaeology and History
The foundation stone in the east wall is dated 1908 and the church was finished in the following year. The architect was John Alec Thomas.
Exterior Description
The style is late-Decorated with chequerwork enrichment in the flint to the tops of the east and west gables and on the parapets of the aisles. The aisles have three-light windows in each bay with pointed heads to the lights. In the west bay of each aisle is a porch, scarcely evident externally save by a slight thickening in the wall under a tiled pent roof to that on the south side. The west wall of each aisle has a two-light window in other respects like those in the north and south walls. These walls are separated from the west nave wall by buttresses which die at the level of the nave eaves, thus flanking three small lancet lights in the lower part of the wall and partially framing the big five-light west window with its prominent vertical mullions, stepped main lights and curvilinear tracery. The apex of the gable is crowned by a floriated cross. The clerestory is pierced by two lancets in each bay.
The chancel is slightly lower than the nave and has a three light east window, with a single two-light window in the south wall and two of the same in the north. The south wall is otherwise almost entirely covered by the south chapel which coninues the line of the aisle, with the difference of having three lancet windows. On the north side of the chancel the organ chamber is treated externally as a small transept, with a strange chimney-cum-bellcote at the north-east corner. The vestries beyond are grouped under a hipped roof. There is no tower to lend vertical emphasis to the building, and the chequerwork parapets stress the horizontal elements at the expense of the less co-ordinated combination of flint and stone on the buttresses.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1929
The only window in the church is the three-light east window of St. Monica's chapel. The chapel was arranged in 1928 and the window was, according to the list drawn up by Sir Ninian Comper's office, inserted in 1929.
Interior
Interior Description
The five arches of the nave arcades are moulded, the mouldings dying into the octagonal piers which support them. The chancel arch is identical but on a larger scale. An arcade of three blind arches runs across the west wall, each framing a small lancet. The south porch is within the western bay of the south aisle and the north-west door has an internal timber porch. The nave floor is of wood blocks and the seating consists of wooden chairs. The timber-vaulted ceiling is divided into bays by arch braces resting on small corbels between the pairs of clcrestory windows.
The chancel is raised three steps above the level of the nave, and is enclosed by a low stone screen. The floor is paved with stone, save under the stalls where it is of wood blocks. On the south side two arches open to the south chapel of St. Monica where the sacrament is reserved, and this also communicates with the south aisle through a single arch; on the north side a single wide arch opens into the organ chamber; again, the organ has a front towards the north aisle. The panelled roof is much like that of the nave except that it is divided into square panels and not into bays. The sanctuary is faced with ashlar masonry in the lower part, up to the level of the sill of the east window.
Fixtures and fittings
Reredos
c.1958
The reredos incorporates a carving in high relief of the Last Supper, which was originally the front of the altar table.
Organ (object)
1915
The organ is by Hill, 1915, restored by Hill, Norman and Beard, 1960. It has two manuals and pedals, eighteen speaking stops and pneumatic anaction.
Lectern
The lectcrn is brass with a spiral stem and curlicues under the book-rest; a large lectern Bible bound in tooled leather dates from 1909.
Pulpit
The pulpit is of coarse-grained brown stone, with blind neo-Perpendicular arcading
Font (object)
The font is octagonal, of coarse-grained brown stone and with blind neo-Perpendicular tracery.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TQ 243 579
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 | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
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.
Further information
Sources
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