St Mary the Virgin's Church, Fawley

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Fawley
St Mary's Church with the Freeman Mausoleum on the left
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Fawley Location in Buckinghamshire
Coordinates: 51°34′27″N 0°54′51″W / 51.5743°N 0.9141°W / 51.5743; -0.9141
OS grid reference	SU 754,867
Location	Fawley, Buckinghamshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Mary, Fawley
History
Dedication	Saint Mary the Virgin
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	21 June 1955
Architect(s)	Paley and Austin (restoration)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Gothic Revival
Specifications
Materials	Flint with stone dressings Tiled roofs
Administration
Parish	Fawley
Deanery	Wycombe
Archdeaconry	Buckingham
Diocese	Oxford
Province	Canterbury
Clergy
Rector	Revd John Wigram
Assistant priest(s)	Revd Jeremy Mais

St Mary the Virgin's Church is in centre of the village of Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church on the deanery of Wycombe, the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and the diocese of Oxford. Its benefice has been united with those of five other local churches to form the benefice of Hambleden Valley. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

The church originated in the 12th century as a simple nave and chancel. The tower was added during the following century, and raised to its present height in the 16th century. The chancel was rebuilt in 1748. In 1882–83 the church was restored and extended by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin. This included raising the nave walls, rebuilding the tower arch, replacing the nave roof, adding a north transept, a vestry and new windows, and refacing the south transept, opening it up to the nave by adding an arch.

St Mary's is constructed in flint with stone dressings and tiled roofs. Its plan consists of a two-bay nave, north and south transepts, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has angle buttresses, and a west doorway over which is a two-light window. On the north and south sides are lancet windows. Towards the top of the tower is a moulded corbel table. There are semicircular single-light windows above and below the corbel table. At the summit of the tower is a shallow gable and a moulded parapet. Along the sides of the nave are two-light windows. In the transepts are single-light windows on the east and west sides, and two-light windows on the north and south sides. The chancel has a south blocked doorway, and a large east window. Above the east window is a plaque inscribed with a date.