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Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin

A Grade II Listed Building in Garforth, Leeds

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Latitude: 53.7927 / 53°47'33"N

Longitude: -1.3788 / 1°22'43"W

OS Eastings: 441017

OS Northings: 433106

OS Grid: SE410331

Mapcode National: GBR LSTL.85

Mapcode Global: WHDBL.SXLV

Plus Code: 9C5WQJVC+3F

Entry Name: Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin

Listing Date: 15 September 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1237398

English Heritage Legacy ID: 428647

ID on this website: 101237398

Location: St Mary's Church, Church Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: Garforth and Swillington

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Garforth

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Garforth St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


SE 43 SW GARFORTH CHURCH LANE
LS25 Garforth

3/7 Church of St. Mary
the Blessed Virgin


GV II

Church. 1844, by George Fowler Jones. Dressed magnesian limestone, slate
roof. Cruciform plan: nave with north and south aisles, full-height
transepts, chancel, and crossing tower with broach spire. Early English
style, with tall chamfered lancets and corbel table. Buttressed 3-bay nave
and 2-bay aisles with doorways to 1st bay of aisles, that on the south side
under a shallow gabled porch which has a deeply-recessed outer arch moulded
in 2 orders, with clustered shafts and hoodmould with carved stops, a
similar inner doorway with moulded surround and large double doors with
ornamental strap hinges; and that on the north side with set-in shafts and
hoodmould. West bay of nave has single lancet on each side, aisles have
coupled lancets. West gable has stepped triple window, the centre of 2
lights with a quatrefoil in the head and the outer blind, with linked
hoodmoulds, and gable coping with kneelers and an apex cross. Transepts have
coupled lancets in the sides and 2-light windows in the gables, with
hoodmoulds. Two-bay chancel has lancets in the sides, and stepped triple
lancet east window. Crossing tower has weathering to set-back belfry stage,
a panel in each side of this headed by a Lombard frieze and containing a 2-
light belfry window with a hoodmould, and a clock face fixed to the mullion
between the lights, a moulded cornice, and an octagonal spire with lucarnes
in the cardinal sides. Roofs of nave, transepts, and chancel swept over the
eaves.

Interior: short 3-bay arcades of cylindrical columns supporting 2-centred
arches with figured stops; composite crossing piers with clustered shafts;
arch-braced collar-truss roof.


Listing NGR: SE4101733106

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