St Mary's Church, Chute Forest

St Mary's Church
Location: Chute Forest, Wiltshire, England
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Built: 1870-1871
Architect: John Loughborough Pearson
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Church of St Mary
Designated: 8 May 1972[1]
Reference #: 312306
Location of St Mary's Church in Wiltshire

St Mary's Church in Chute Forest, Wiltshire, England, was built between 1870 and 1871 and consecrated in 1875.[2] It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3] It was declared redundant on 23 August 1972, and was vested in the Trust on 26 March 1974.[4]

The church was built of flint, brick and tile with a pyramid spire, by John Loughborough Pearson for the Fowle family. The nave and aisles are spanned by a single roof.[3] It includes stained glass by Clayton and Bell a partnership of John Richard Clayton (London, 1827–1913) and Alfred Bell (Silton, Dorset, 1832–95).[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Church of St Mary". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=312306. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
  2. ^ "Chute Forest". A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 16: Kinwardstone Hundred. British History Online. 1999. pp. 120–126. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23043#s5. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
  3. ^ a b St Mary's Church, Chute Forest, Wiltshire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Marys-Church-Chute-Forest-Wiltshire/, retrieved 2 April 2011 
  4. ^ (PDF) Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 3, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/811097/salisbury%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf, retrieved 2 April 2011 
  5. ^ Brown, Sarah (1994). Stained Glass- an Illustrated History. Bracken Books. pp. 132. ISBN 1158911575.