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St Mary

St Mary

Dimbles

Staffordshire

LICHFIELD SK1109NE MARKET PLACE 1094-1/5/119 (South side) 05/02/52 Church of St Mary II* Church, the Medieval guild church, adapted to include heritage centre, old people's day centre.

Architectural Features

tile roofs.

north entrance of 3 orders in shallow gabled porch, gable with blind plate tracery, good carved foliage to capitals and hood stops: C20 doors, C20 inserted entrance to east end and C20 inserted west window.

Fittings: richly carved altar, reredos and panelling to east wall, sedilia recess with deep canopy to south, vestry door of 2 orders and good organ case, war memorial to north of altar, timber stalls and altar rail

Monuments: several C18 and C19 wall tablets to members of the Dyott family in the chapel

good memorial to C17 members of the family, 1662, recording their service in the Civil War, panel in form of banner in slate border and eared architrave, broken pediment with armorial bearing, apron with festoon and cherub.

Stained glass: some good C19 and C20 glass, especially good east window, possibly Clayton and Bell, grisaille glass to tower window.