Listed Building record MDR12576 - St Mary's Church, Ashbourne Road, Mapleton

St Mary's Church, Ashbourne Road, Mapleton, a mid-18th century building. 'The church, which is dedicated in honour of St Mary, is a small oblong building surmounted at the west end by a dome and lantern, rebuilt on the site of an older one about the middle of the last century.' (1) 'The first historical reference to the church at Mapleton occurs during the reign of Edward I (1272-1307) and a survey in 1547 records that it possessed 13 bells (probably handbells). The church was declared to be 'fit to be disused' in 1650, but it was not until much later that the replacement was carried out, by which time it had become extremely dilapidated. A date of 1710 for the new church has been suggested, but a date around 1752 is probably more accurate.' (2) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 14 NE PARISH OF MAPLETON ASHBOURNE ROAD 7/41 (East Side) 13.9.1967 CHURCH OF ST MARY GV II* Church. Mid C18. Coursed limestone with sandstone dressings. West tower, nave and chancel in one. West tower, plain lower stage with slit staircase windows to north and south. West porch with flat hood and two Tuscan columns. Doorway with semi-circular moulded arch with projecting keystone and imposts. Six panelled, raised and fielded double doors. Shallow bell stage, divided by a string band. Angle quoins and an elongated circular bell opening to each face. Cornice above. Octagonal dome surmounted by a stone lantern. Nave and chancel with quoins and cornice. North and south elevations each with three round-arched windows with raised stone surrounds, imposts and keystones. Similar east window. Plain interior altered in the C19. West gallery with panelled front, on two slender iron columns. No division between the nave and chancel. Panelled dado. Several C19 brasses on the north wall, to members of the Goodwin family. One to Francis Goodwin 1808-1895 and one to Richard Goodwin-Gladwin 1895, signed by James Hardman & Co of Birmingham. Stained glass in the east window 1926 by A J Davies of the Bromsgrove Guild. Painted organ case. Listing NGR: SK1659348039.' (3)