St Mary, Boyton
St Mary, Boyton
St Mary's stands beside Boyton Manor in the Wylye valley, Wiltshire. It is a Grade I parish church in the Diocese of Salisbury and the Upper Wylye Valley Team, notable for the late thirteenth-century Giffard Chapel.
- Location
- Boyton, Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Wiltshire
- City / town
- Boyton
- Address
- Boyton, Wiltshire, BA12 0SS
- Postcode
- BA12 0SS
- Built
- Late 13th century, 14th and 15th centuries; restored 1860
- Architect
- T H Wyatt (1860 restoration)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mary
- Diocese
- Salisbury
- Parish
- Boyton
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Early English and Decorated, with Perpendicular tower
- Materials
- Flint and limestone chequers; ornamental tiled roof
- Grid reference
- ST 950 395
- Opening hours
- Normally open.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England lists an Anglican parish church of the late thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, restored in 1860 by T. H. Wyatt, of flint and limestone chequers under an ornamental tiled roof. The plan is nave, south chapel of about 1280, fourteenth-century north transept, two-stage fifteenth-century north tower with the entrance, north-west vestry and chancel. The north doorway has a late thirteenth-century arch with dogtooth ornament. The Giffard Chapel has a trefoiled piscina, triple sedilia, deeply splayed windows and a two-bay arcade to the nave. Britain Express and Wiltshire Community History describe the chapel as a memorial to Sir Alexander Giffard, built by his brothers Walter (Archbishop of York) and Godfrey (Bishop of Worcester), with a circular west window about twelve feet across in geometric tracery and an effigy of a knight.
Wikipedia records a church at Boyton in the twelfth century; Wyatt's 1860 work included new roofs throughout. Further restoration took place in 1956–60. The church is normally open.