St Mary's Church, Chute Forest

St Mary's Church
Location Chute Forest, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates 51°16′01″N 1°33′30″W / 51.26694°N 1.55833°WCoordinates: 51°16′01″N 1°33′30″W / 51.26694°N 1.55833°W
Built 1870-1871
Architect John Loughborough Pearson
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Church of St Mary
Designated 8 May 1972[1]
Reference no. 1364574
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 is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Chute Forest (1364574)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 February 2014
  2. ↑ "Chute Forest". A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 16: Kinwardstone Hundred. British History Online. 1999. pp. 120–126. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 St Mary's Church, Chute Forest, Wiltshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 2 April 2011
  4. ↑ Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 3, retrieved 2 April 2011
  5. ↑ Brown, Sarah (1994). Stained Glass- an Illustrated History. Bracken Books. p. 132. ISBN 1-85891-157-5.
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