St Mary the Virgin, Hanbury
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hanbury
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 Location in Worcestershire
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| Coordinates: 52°16′17″N 2°03′20″W / 52.27144°N 2.05564°W | |
| Location | Hanbury, Worcestershire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | http://hanburychurch.webs.com/ |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 1210 |
| Dedication | Saint Mary the Virgin |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
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| Diocese | Worcester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | The Reverend Sally Morris |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Judith Burman |
The church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican parish church in the village of Hanbury, Worcestershire. Its earliest parts date from about 1210 and it is a Grade I listed building. The church was the family church for the Vernon family of nearby Hanbury Hall.
The church, in the Early English and Georgian styles, is of part-dressed, coursed sandstone rubble and part sandstone ashlar, with slate and plain tiled roofs with parapets at the gable ends.
There is a tower at the west, which was rebuilt in 1793, with three stages, three strings and a chamfered plinth. It has diagonal corner buttresses and pointed-arched cusped panels. The lowest stage of the tower serves as a porch and west entrance. It has a heavily moulded ogee-arched and tall finialed surround. There is a large oculus in the side elevation and north pointed doorway. The second stage of the tower has pointed Y-traceried windows with sill string and an oculus above. The belfry stage has similar windows with louvred openings and above is a panelled frieze and embattled parapet with crocketted corner pinnacles which was restored in the mid-20th century.
The nave is from the 13th century and the north aisle from the 14th century. Both aisles were rebuilt in the late 18th century. The north aisle has a separate roof, diagonal corner buttresses and four large raking buttresses. One of the buttresses is marked with an old mass dial. There are two windows with pointed arches, incorporating some 14th-century stonework, but without tracery. The eastern-most arch is blocked and there are two square-headed windows. The west end elevation has a blocked pointed doorway.
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