ST MARY, KILVINGTON
St Mary, Kilvington is a Grade II listed building, achieving the status on 15 October 1984.
The church was built in 1852 on the site of an earlier medieval church which had fallen into disrepair after 1826 when the rectory at Kilvington had been disolved into Staunton.
St Mary's comprises a nave with north aisle, chancel, south porch, and west tower. Additional work was undertaken in 1862 and a restoration in 1897. The north aisle arcade may be retooled and reused material from the medieval church and is of Early English design.
The tower has a pyramidal roof with paired-lancet bell openings and contains two bells simply supported on two fir beams. The dates of both bells are 1854 by J Warner and Sons, London.
Above the chancel arch is a painted inscription, ‘Give ear O Lord unto my prayer’, and above the tower arch ‘Praise God in his Sanctuary’. They have been repainted in modern times though probably originate from the period of rebuilding or restoration.
The pews, lectern, pulpit and font are C19th. The nave has 3 metal lamp brackets for paraffin, with 2 similar pulpit and lectern lights.
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