St Mary the Virgin, Hull
St Mary the Virgin, Hull
St Mary’s, Lowgate, is a Grade II* parish church in Kingston upon Hull’s Old Town, in the Diocese of York. The west tower straddles the pavement so the footpath passes beneath it.
- Location
- Hull, Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Yorkshire
- City / town
- Hull
- Address
- Lowgate, Hull, Yorkshire, HU1 1EJ
- Postcode
- HU1 1EJ
- Built
- 15th century; tower 1697; restored 1861–63
- Architect
- Sir George Gilbert Scott (restoration 1861–63); Temple Moore (rood screen 1912)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mary
- Diocese
- York
- Parish
- Hull (Lowgate) St Mary the Virgin
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Perpendicular; Victorian restoration
- Materials
- Ashlar; roofs not visible from the listing
- Grid reference
- TA 100 287
- Opening hours
- Currently St Mary's is closed as it undergoes a major improvement scheme. Estimated re-opening date is late January/February 2022.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England records a fifteenth-century church with a tower of 1697. Sir George Gilbert Scott, cousin of the then vicar, restored the church in 1861–63, adding a south porch, a minor south aisle and vestry and remodelling the tower. A further restoration followed in 1936–37. Fabric is ashlar. The plan is a nave and chancel with clerestory under a continuous roof, north and south aisles, west tower, south porch and vestry. The east end has a seven-light Perpendicular window. The four-stage west tower has a vaulted through-passage at street level.
Interior arcades have triple-moulded four-centred arches and piers with carved animal and fish capitals. Temple Moore designed the rood screen and hanging rood in 1912. The organ is by Brindley & Foster (1904). Memorials include a brass of 1525 to John Harrison and an alabaster bust to William Dobson (1666). Street widening left the west end hard against Lowgate.