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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Putney, Greater London

The Bishop West chapel has a fine example of late Perpendicular fan vaulting

Architectural Features

There are several notable C17 monuments

On the north-west wall of the tower is a monument to Sir Thomas Dawes (d. 1655) consisting of a skull atop a plinth

The Bishop West chapel has a brass and C15 and C16 ledger stones set into the floor, and C17 and C18 ledger stones, rediscovered after the fire, have been set around the altar

A collection of C18 and C19 lead and brass coffin plaques are mounted on the wall of the corridor behind the vestry

Stained glass is from the 1980s by Alan Younger

In the Bishop West chapel, the east window dates from 1845 by the Whitefriars Glass Company and the two north windows have attractive Pre-Raphaelite designs by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, dating from 1872

A Portland stone font from the 1640s has been reinstated on the south side of the nave