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St Mary

St Mary

Tutbury

Staffordshire

C13 fabric and the most important in the county, with chancel and apsidal sanctuary replaced in 1866 by G.E Street.

Architectural Features

South tower probably added C16.

Notable west front of circa 1160-70 which has a fine doorway of seven orders, the outermost order being of alabaster, the earliest known use of the material in England.

The south aisle retains a Norman doorway having much-weathered tympanum carving depicting a boar hunt.