Benchmark - St Mary - Kempsey, Worcestershire
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 52° 08.387 W 002° 13.406
30U E 553145 N 5776869
A cut benchmark on the north west corner of St Mary's church tower, Kempsey.
Waymark Code: WMZM9Z
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/30/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dragontree
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A cut benchmark on the north west corner of St Mary's church tower, Kempsey.

Square Easting Northing Mark type Description Height Order Datum Verified year Metres above ground
SO 8480 4907 CUT MARK ST MARYS CH KEMPSEY NW FACE N ANG 16.898 3 'N' 1960 0.400

"The church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN consists of a chancel 47½ ft. by 21 ft., a south organ bay, a nave 60¾ ft. by 28½ ft., a north transept 35 ft. long and 19 ft. wide, a south transept 26½ ft. long and 18¼ ft. wide, north and south aisles 10¾ ft. and 9½ ft. wide respectively, a west tower 15 ft. square, and a north porch. These measurements are all internal.

That the present building has been developed from an aisleless cruciform church of the 12th century is shown by the remaining jamb of a window in the west respond of the south arcade. Additional evidence may be seen in the plinth and buttresses at the western angle of the nave, the plinth of the south transept, and the south-east buttress of the north transept.

The tower is of three stages, with angle buttresses and an embattled parapet, having crocketed pinnacles at the four corners. The two-centred tower arch has flat panelled jambs and soffit, and the west window of the ground stage is of four large cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery in the head. At the north-east is a blocked entrance to the vice, which is now entered by a modern external doorway. The bell-chamber is lighted on all four sides by windows of two trefoiled lights with traceried twocentred heads, and the ringing chamber beneath by windows of similar design on the north, west and south."

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Type of Trigpoint: Cut Bench Mark

Condition: Slightly Damaged

Number on Flush Bracket: N/A

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