Church of St Mary, Linton

Heritage listing

Details LINTON CP - SO 62 NE 3/25 Church of St Mary GV I Church. Late C13 with C12 remains and late C14 tower with spire. Restored 1875. Sandstone rubble with tile roofs. Comprises a west tower, nave with north and south aisles, north porch, and lower chancel. The tower is of three stages with diagonal buttresses and a plain parapet. The west doorway is moulded and pointed. Above is a window of three lights with Perpendicular tracery under a pointed head. The west bell opening is of two trefoiled ogee lights with a quatrefoil under a pointed head. The stone spire has moulded ribs at its angles. In the west wall of the north aisle there is a lancet window. The eastern window in the north aisle wall is late C13 and of two trefoiled lights. The other two windows, one to each side of the porch, are C19 lancets. The gabled porch has inner and outer chamfered - pointed doorways. The south aisle wall is of three bays. The eastern window is C14, of two cinquefoiled lights with quatrefoil under a pointed head. The other windows are C19 and of two lights. Between the first and second bays is the jamb and part of the head of a C12 doorway. The south wall of the chancel is of two bays and has windows of two trefoiled lights. Between them is a chamfered pointed priest's doorway. The north wall of the chancel has two windows, the western one a single lancet, the eastern one of two trefoiled lights under a pointed head. The east window is C19 and of three trefoiled lights under a pointed head. Interior: south arcade of three bays with pointed arches chamfered in two orders springing from round piers with moulded capitals and bases. The arches are late C13 except for the western one, which is late C14. The north arcade is of three bays and has plain round arches, the eastern one narrow

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.