Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin

Heritage listing

Details TL 5646 LINTON CHURCH LANE (East Side) 16/91 Parish Church of 22.11.67 St Mary the Virgin GV I Parish church. South aisle c,1200 part of a larger cruciform church rebuilt c,1300 and later. Chancel c.1300 and north nave arcade. West tower early C14 reducing length of earlier nave by c.7 feet with arcade remains in south face. Paris chapel late C15 added on south side of chancel, and north chapel c.1500 formerly known as the Millicent chapel now housing the organ. Aisle walls rebuilt and clerestory added c.1500 or later, blocking the earlier clerestory windows and uncovered in C19 above south arcade. Restoration work includes rebuilding of south arcade by removal of large pier (possibly of the original crossing), in 1870. Gallery, pews and three-decker pulpit removed 1872. Nave and aisle reroofed 1883-8, 1927 by Fawcett and 1936, 1891 tower strengthened and 1910 plaster removed from walls. (A spire is illustrated in Millicents map of Linton c.1600). Walls of flint rubble with dressings of clunch and limestone. Roofs of lead and red plain tiles. South elevation: Tower of three stages with moulded strings and plinth continuous around angle buttresses. Embattled parapet, lancet-light and asymmetric gargoyle. Embattled nave and aisle parapets, four cinquefoil three-light clerestory windows with drip moulds and four-centred arches, and five similar but larger aisle and chapel windows. Buttresses of two stages divide aisle bays. South porch restored with embattled parapet and two-centred arch to opening. Chancel without buttresses and cinquefoil three-light window with inset priest's door. Sundial in aisle parapet, C18 and two on buttress medieval and later. Interior: Nave, south arcade of five and a half bays with two-centred arches of two moulded orders with alternate

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.