St Mary the Virgin, Whiston
St Mary the Virgin, Whiston
St Mary the Virgin at Whiston, Northamptonshire, is a Grade I Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Peterborough, a complete early-sixteenth-century Perpendicular hall church built for Anthony Catesby.
- Location
- Whiston, Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Northamptonshire
- City / town
- Whiston
- Address
- Whiston, Northamptonshire, NN7 1NP
- Postcode
- NN7 1NP
- Built
- Early C16, probably completed 1534, at the expense of Anthony Catesby
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mary
- Diocese
- Peterborough
- Parish
- Cogenhoe and Whiston
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Perpendicular
- Materials
- Limestone ashlar and lead roofs; ironstone ashlar to the tower with limestone bands and dressings
- Grid reference
- SP 851 605
- Opening hours
- Open daily 9am to 5pm unless bad weather.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic England lists the Church of St Mary the Virgin (NHLE 1190018, listed 3 May 1968). The list records a church of the early sixteenth century, probably completed in 1534, of limestone ashlar with lead roofs: chancel, aisled nave, south porch and west tower, in Perpendicular style. The three-stage tower is faced chiefly in ironstone ashlar with limestone bands and dressings, clasping buttresses and a panelled battlemented parapet. The interior is a hall church with no clerestory or chancel arch. The south porch is battlemented and has a panelled stone vault. Some original polygonal battlemented lead rainwater heads survive. The church is in the civil parish of Cogenhoe and Whiston and in the Yardley Hastings benefice.