St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake
| St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake | |
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| Location | Mortlake High Street London SW14 8JA |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Central/Liberal |
| Website | stmarymortlake |
| History | |
| Founded | 1348 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Tudor, with more recent additions |
| Years built | from 1543 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Mortlake with East Sheen |
| Deanery | Richmond and Barnes |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Wandsworth |
| Episcopal area | Kingston Episcopal Area |
| Diocese | Southwark |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | The Revd Canon Dr Ann Nickson |
| Curate(s) | Revd Gareth Davies |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Nigel Condry |
| Churchwarden(s) | Linda Roberts Perry Kitchen |
| Parish administrator | Cheri Crump |
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Listed Building – Grade II*
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| Official name | Parish Church of St Mary |
| Designated | 25 October 1951 |
| Reference no. | 1357705 |
St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake is a parish church in Mortlake, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is part of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion. The rector is The Revd Canon Dr Ann Nickson.
The building, on Mortlake High Street, London SW14, dates from 1543 and is Grade II* listed.
The first chapel in Mortlake, founded in 1348, stood on the river side of the High Street, on a site later occupied by Mortlake Brewery. The only surviving relic is a 15th-century font presented to this church by Archbishop Bourchier (c.1404–86).
The present churchyard and church were given to the parish by King Henry VIII in 1543, an event commemorated by a stone in the west front of the tower. Its inscription "VIVAT RH8 1543" is dismissed by Cherry and Pevsner as "bogus".
The 1543 building has undergone many alterations and enlargements during its long history and, of the original Tudor church, only the tower remains. The belfry and the cupola are a distinctive feature of the tower which appears as a landmark in many historic prints and pictures of the Thames bank. The current appearance of the church is mostly the work of local architect Sir Arthur Blomfield, who built the chancel in 1885; his firm built the nave in 1905.
The vestry house dates from 1670. It was restored in 1979/80.
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