---
title: "St Mary the Virgin, Shawbury"
description: "Located in Shawbury, Shropshire. Built Late C12 nave and south aisle; C13 chancel; late C15 north aisle, chapel and tower. Diocese of Lichfield. Grade I. Norman nave arcade with later medieval tower and aisles style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Shropshire","Shawbury","Grade I","Norman","Perpendicular"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-virgin-shawbury"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:38:50.054Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T00:34:38.863Z"
location: "Shawbury, Shropshire"
country: "England"
county: "Shropshire"
town: "Shawbury"
address: "Church Street, Shawbury, Shropshire, SY4 4NH"
postcode: "SY4 4NH"
built: "Late C12 nave and south aisle; C13 chancel; late C15 north aisle, chapel and tower"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Lichfield"
grade: "I"
style: "Norman nave arcade with later medieval tower and aisles"
materials: "Dressed red and grey sandstone and yellow-grey sandstone ashlar; plain tile roofs"
website: "https://shropshirechurches.uk/"
openingHours: "Open 8am to 4pm."
parish: "Shawbury"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1055376"
gridReference: "SJ 559 211"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Mary the Virgin, Shawbury

St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I parish church on Church Street, Shawbury, Shropshire, in the Diocese of Lichfield: a Norman nave and aisle with a late medieval west tower.

## Overview

Historic England lists a parish church with late twelfth-century nave and south aisle, thirteenth-century chancel, north aisle rebuilt in the late fifteenth century, north chapel and tower, and a late seventeenth-century porch. Alterations and restoration are dated 1603 and 1875. The fabric is dressed red and grey sandstone and yellow-grey sandstone ashlar under plain-tile roofs. The plan has a nave and aisles of two-and-a-half bays, chancel and north chapel, north porch, and a west tower of two tall stages with a canted south-east stair turret, battlemented parapet with eight crocketed pinnacles, and a pyramidal roof cap.

The late twelfth-century south arcade has circular piers, scalloped capitals and round arches. The thirteenth-century chancel includes lancet windows. The churchyard holds Commonwealth war graves associated with nearby RAF Shawbury. A church is recorded at Shawbury in Domesday Book. The church is open 8am to 4pm, with accessible toilets and level access to the main areas.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1055376](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1055376)
- [Shawbury, Stanton and Moreton Corbet churches](https://shropshirechurches.uk/)