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St Mary The Virgin, Pattiswick (redundant)

Bradwell

Essex

C14, restored 1881-2 by E.J. Dampier.

Architectural Features

Flint rubble, partly plastered externally, with dressings of limestone and clunch, roofed with handmade red plain tiles.

Nave mid-C13, Chancel early C14, bell-turret C15

C19, S porch C16, rebuilt in C19, N vestry and organ-chamber, C19.

The Chancel has an E window which is C19 except for the C14 splays.

In the N wall is a C14 doorway with moulded jambs of limestone and 2-centred arch of clunch

In the S wall are 2 C14 windows, each of 2 pointed lights in a 2-centred head, with chamfered rear-arches

Between the windows is a C14 doorway with chamfered jambs and 2-centred arch, much restored.

The roof of the Chancel is C14, of 14 rafter couples with tenoned collars and soulaces, and ashlar-pieces, some of which are replaced

The N vestry has in the E wall a reset C13 lancet window of which the jambs, sill and head are rebated and chamfered externally.

Reset in the N wall of the organ-chamber is a C14 window uniform with those in the S wall of the Chancel, restored.

Between the 2 western windows is the C13 N doorway, with plain jambs and 2-centred arch and a label chamfered above and below.

the easternmost is C19 except for the C14 splays and chamfered rear-arch

the second is C14, of 2 cusped lights with recessed spandrels in a 2-centred head, the jambs and arch chamfered in 2 orders

the western window is a C13 lancet similar to that in the N vestry.

Between the 2 western windows is the C14 S doorway, with jambs and 2-centred arch of 2 chamfered orders, partly restored.

In the W wall is a C15 window of 3 cinquefoiled lights in a square head, wholly restored externally, with hollow-moulded jambs and segmental rear-arch, and 2 plain loops.

The roof of the Chancel is early C14, of 21 couples with tenoned collars, soulaces and ashlar-pieces, with moulded wallplates, and 2 tiebeams

The bell-turret at the western end rests on a C14 plain tiebeam

The S porch is of C19 grey brick with a C16 roof in one bay, with plain principals, butt-purlins, short curved wind-braces, and 4 common-couples.

There are 2 piscinae (1) in the E wall of the Chancel, with moulded jambs and 2-centred head and octofoiled drain, C14 (2) in the S wall of the Nave, with chamfered jambs and 2-centred head and sexfoiled drain, C14.

There are 3 bells, of which the first is reported to be by Miles Graye, 1668, and the second by Miles Graye, 1632.

There are fragments of C15-C17 glass in the top lights of the S windows of the Chancel, and the NE and 2 eastern S windows of the Nave, reset with C19 glass.

Floorslabs dated 1381

1568 are reported to be present below the N choir stalls,

another dated 1638 with the name D'Arcy is reported to be concealed behind the organ.