---
title: "St Mary, Castle Eaton"
description: "Located in Castle Eaton, Wiltshire. Built Mostly C13; restored 1861–63. Diocese of Gloucester. Grade I. Early English Gothic style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Wiltshire","Castle Eaton","Grade I","Early English Gothic","William Butterfield"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-castle-eaton"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:27:12.754Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T16:00:26.516Z"
location: "Castle Eaton, Wiltshire"
country: "England"
county: "Wiltshire"
town: "Castle Eaton"
address: "Castle Eaton, Wiltshire, SN6 6LB"
postcode: "SN6 6LB"
built: "Mostly C13; restored 1861–63"
architect: "William Butterfield (1861–63 restoration)"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Gloucester"
grade: "I"
style: "Early English Gothic"
materials: "Rubble with stone tile roof"
website: "http://sctm.church/castle-eaton/"
openingHours: "Normally open."
parish: "Castle Eaton"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023297"
gridReference: "SU 146 959"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Mary, Castle Eaton

St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I parish church on The Street, Castle Eaton, Wiltshire, beside the upper Thames, in the Diocese of Gloucester.

## Overview

Historic England records a church that is mostly thirteenth-century, restored in 1861–63 by William Butterfield, principally to the roof. The fabric is rubble with a stone tile roof. The plan comprises a two-stage crenellated west tower, a four-bay nave with a gabled fifteenth-century south porch, a three-bay late thirteenth-century chancel, and an odd corbelled belfry over the crossing with a spire and weathervane. The south door is late Norman, with nook shafts, chevron and a roll label with pellets and dragon-head stops. The north side has a catslide roof and a plain Norman arched north door. The fifteenth-century tower has a high stepped plinth, diagonal buttresses and two-light belfry windows. A projecting gabled vestry to the north-east dates from the 1860s.

Inside, the north arcade has been removed and replaced by timber posts; a wall painting of the Virgin survives on the east chamfered respond. There is a Jacobean pulpit incorporating part of a fifteenth-century screen. The porch holds a large mid-fourteenth-century knight’s effigy slab, probably for a brass. Parish and village accounts note a sanctus bellcote above the chancel containing a medieval bell, a ring of six bells, and a scheduled medieval standing cross in the churchyard.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1023297](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023297)
- [St Mary, Castle Eaton](http://sctm.church/castle-eaton/)