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St Mary Magdalene

St Mary Magdalene

Hart

Durham

HART BUTTS LANE NZ 43 NE (off east side) 1/34 Church of St. Mary Magdalene 16.11.67 -- I Church, having Anglo Saxon nave, C12 north arcade, chancel arch and tower

Architectural Features

C13 south aisle, C15 north aisle and piers and responds of north arcade and chancel arch

south arcade and porch of c.1600

C15 windows in east and west walls of nave

Thought to date from around 1500, this carving on the south side of the church probably represents St George killing the dragon.

Carving of St. George and Dragon of c.1500 to south face of chancel.

Thought to date from around 1500, this carving on the south side of the church probably represents St George killing the dragon.

© Gordon Hatton

North face of north arcade has remains of Anglo-Saxon window in spandrel,and mask rafter corbels.

Remains of Anglo-Saxon arch in wall above, and contemporary opening higher above.

Window in north aisle has stained glass of c.1898 by K. Ayll & Co., (Leeds).

Square C12 font with angle shafts and plain sides.

Octagonal C14 font has figures and emblems of saints, the Crucifixion and Resurrection, in panels around the bowl, and figures of saints in ogee niches in the stem

Monument of c.1783 on south wall of chancel, possibly of Coade stone, painted: aedicule with reeded pilasters, broken pediment and flaming urns as acroteria.

Saxon sundial, fragments of grave slabs and other carved stones in north-west corner of nave, below pulpit, and built into west wall.

C13 piscina in south aisle.

6 carved masks built into porch walls.