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St Mary

St Mary

Barnard Castle

Durham

C12-C14 with Perpendicular windows.

Architectural Features

North chancel windows are Norman.

Late C12 south door of 3 orders with zigzag and nailhead mouldings.

INTERIOR: 6 steps up to chancel with partly restored Perpendicular arch, with double hollow chamfers with Tudor flowers, on responds with battlemented abaci

Tall, wide, octagonal font of fossil carboniferous limestone, said to be Teesdale `marble', with alpha and omega and elaborate mason's marks carved on sides.

MEMORIALS: north transept has C14 effigy of Robet de Morton, vicar of Gainford, with bird, lion and chalice

traceried wood tower screen is WWI memorial.

North aisle has 1899-1902 South African War memorial to the 3rd Militia Battalion D.L.I., signed Keswick School of Industrial Arts, with low relief bronze and enamel plaque in marble frame.

Many other high quality memorials, especially those transferred to tower which include large monument with Perpendicular canopy over female figure, to Sir John Hullock, judge, 1767-1829, signed Westmacott

NZ0516 : St Mary's Parish Church, Stained Glass Window

STAINED GLASS: much high quality C19 stained glass, including some in style of Kempe in chancel

NZ0516 : St Mary's Parish Church, Stained Glass Window

© David Dixon