St Mary's Church, Fleet Marston

51.8369 - 0.8697Koordinaten: 51 ° 50 ' 13 " N, 0 ° 52 ' 11 " W

St Mary's Church is a redundant church building of the Anglican Church in Fleet Marston, a village in Buckinghamshire, England. The building is managed since December 21, 1967 by English Heritage on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest in the Grade II * and is serviced by the Churches Conservation Trust. The building stands in a field northwest of the A41, about 3 km north- west of Aylesbury.

History

The church building has its origins in the 12th and 13th centuries, and probably stands on the site of an earlier building. Changes were made in the 14th and 15th centuries. In September 1725 briefly held in this church, John Wesley after his ordination as a deacon his first sermon. 1868, the building was renovated under the direction of George Gilbert Scott. On January 20, 1972, the church building was handed over for deemed redundant and on 24 October 1973, the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Architecture

St Mary's is built of stacked rubble. The roofs are covered brick. The building stands on a plinth and has diagonal buttresses sat. The floor plan is simple. It consists of a nave with a porch to the north and the chancel. At the western end of the saddle roof sits a bell tower. In the north wall of the nave are a large window with an opening and a renewed window with two openings from the 15th century except the porch. In the south facade there is a window with four openings. In the walls of the sanctuary can be found to the north and east window with an opening to the south wall contains a similar window with two window openings and an archway.

The vault of the chancel was built in the early 14th century. It is supported by octagonal pilasters. The roof dates from the 15th century. In a window sill on the south side of the chancel a Piscina is inserted. The font consists of a round bowl on a plain foot, possibly built in the 13th century. Commemorative plaques inside the church were installed in the late 18th and in the 19th century.