Church of St Mary, Badsworth

Heritage listing

Details BAOSNURTH NEW ROAD SE41SE 6/39 Church of St. Mary 25.3.1968 6V I Parish church. Mostly C15, with some earlier fabric; tower restored in 1935. Coursed squared sandstone, stone slate roofs. West tower, nave with north and south aisles, chancel with added north vestry. Four-stage tower has diagonal buttresses, weathered plinth, weathered bands on 3 levels; 2-centred arched west doorway with 3 orders of moulding, and hoodmould; large 2-centred arched west window of 3 lights with Perpendicular tracery, hollow-moulded reveal, and hoodmould; above this, a small crocketed niche; 2-light belfry windows with transoms and cinquefoil lights with wooden louvres, hollow- moulded surrounds and hoodmoulds with figured stops; restored embattled parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles; clockface on south side of 3rd stage. Low buttressed 4-bay aisles embracing tower; late C19 or early C20 gabled porch to 1st bay of south aisle; large 4-centred arched windows of 3 cusped lights, with mouchette tracery in the heads (restored mullions and tracery),double-chamfered reveals and hoodmoulds; similar windows at east and west ends; embattled parapet; north aisle similar except that windows have cinquefoil lights and Perpendicular tracery; and next to that in the centre is a very small 2-centred arched C13 doorway. Nave has three 2-light clerestory windows in similar style, and embattled parapet. Low 2-bay chancel of restored ashlar masonry has two 4-centred arched 3-light windows. with cinquefoil lights, chamfered reveals, and hoodmoulds with figured stops;. small C14 arched doorway between windows; plain parapet; large 2-centred arched east window of 5 cinquefoil lights with Perpendicular tracery, double- chamfered reveal, and hoodmould with figured stops. Interior: 3-bay arcades of octa

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.