St Mary's Church, Burnham on Crouch

Heritage listing

Details BURNHAM ON CROUCH 715/2/1 SOUTHMINSTER ROAD 10-NOV-51 CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN II* C14, C15, C16; restored 1775 and 1870's (Chares Read). MATERIALS: Flint rubble, rag rubble, and brick. Stone dressings. Tiled roofs, with lead on the aisles. PLAN: A hall church with continuous aisles and no structural division between nave and chancel, an unusual plan for Essex. The N and S arcades are of 9 bays, with the western six forming the nave and the eastern three the chancel. There are N and S porches and a W tower. EXTERIOR The nave and chancel are roofed continuously, with no structural division, and the aisles and chancel chapels are also treated as single structural units. The S aisle is embattled to the S, the N aisle has a plain parapet. Three C18 clerestory dormers, inserted when the roof was rebuilt after the fire of 1774, are almost hidden behind the aisle parapets. They have segmental heads and two small paned lights. The chancel E window is C14 and has 3 trefoiled lights in a 4-centred head. The late C15 N aisle E window has a pedimental head and three lights; the S aisle E window is also late C15 and has three lights under a square head. There is an early C16 door set into a buttress for the S chapel. The N aisle has five C14 windows in the N wall. That towards the E was reset in the C15. The W window of the N aisle is also C15. The N door is C14 and has moulded jambs and a hood mould with head stops. The door itself is C15 and has trellis framing. The brick N porch was added in the early C16 and has a crow-stepped gable. The outer arch has moulded jambs, and the side walls have diapering and small blocked windows. The S aisle has seven windows on the S, all of three traceried lights in 4-centred heads with a similar design, but the eastern 3 are apparent

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.