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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Whitton

Shropshire

C12 chancel

Architectural Features

nave, C14 tower, restored and chancel extended 1891 by Sir Aston Webb.

Plain-tile roof with integral roof over chancel and nave, with ashlar-coped gables, pyramid slate roof to tower.

South wall with C19 window of 2 cusped lights to right, and C14 cusped lancet set in simple chamfered ogee-headed surround to left.

Nave: north wall with 2 C12 round-headed lancets, one restored, flanking blocked C14 north door of ogee-headed arch with ovolo chamfer over simple chamfered door jambs.

South wall with restored C14 cusped round-headed lancet to right,

small restored Norman lancet to left, of C12 south door with plain tympanum and jambs, simple soffit chamfered abaci and dog-tooth edging.

INTERIOR: 4-bay nave and integral chancel roof with 3 late C17-C18 king-post trusses with raking struts, all with chamfered soffits supporting twin trenched-purlin roof.

C14 octagonal font located in tower.

Marble memorial tablet with raised border to Allan Whitefoord d. 1776.

Stained glass by Burne Jones and William Morris of c1893 in east window.