Listed Building record MDR2567 - St Mary's Church (formerly St John's), Hatton Lane, Marston on Dove

St Mary's Church (formerly St John's), Hatton Lane, Marston on Dove, originally a 13th century building. 'A church and a priest are recorded at Marston-on-Dove in Domesday Book. The church consists of chancel, nave, side aisles and tower, surmounted by a lofty spire. It contains a massive lead-lined font that probably belonged to the Domesday church. Another vestige of the early church, in the form of the top stone of a small round-headed light, is now built into the wall of the north aisle. The body of the church was probably rebuilt in around 1200, with the south aisle added in c1350. Thre are 15th century windows in the north aisle. "In 1816 much havoc was made with this once fine church" including the destruction of a fine stone porch and of the chancel arch.' (1) 'St Mary. The church has a 13th century chancel, wide, with lancet windows and a small south doorway with one order of colonnettes. There is an early 14th century south aisle and and an ashlar-faced 14th century west tower. The north side of the nave was altered in the 15th century when the clerestory was built. The church possesses the oldest bell in Derbyshire (1366).' (2) 'In normal use.' (3) 'Some features of the church have been photographed.' (5) 'Two of the bells in St John's (now St Mary's) are of historical significance. One made by J de Stafford of Leicester dates from c1370. The other is a 1621 example of the work of H III Oldford, a rare founder.' (6) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 22 NW; 4/31 PARISH OF MARTSON ON DOVE, HATTON LANE (South Side) Church of St Mary 19.01.67 GV I Parish church. C13, early C14, C15, restored C19. Sandstone ashlar and Welsh slate roofs with stone coped gables. West tower and spire, aisled nave with south porch and chancel. Early C14 west tower of two unequal stages. Angle buttresses with three set-offs. Ground stage to the west has a Dec Style 2-light C19 window. Upper stage has on three sides a deeply set, almost round-arched window of three chamfered orders. Two-light bell openings to all four faces, with single reticulation unit and a transom. The east bell opening partly obscured by a clock face. Plain parapet and octagonal stone spire with three tiers of lucarnes. Three-bay C14 south aisle, the bays divided by gableted buttresses with two set-offs. Chamfered plinth. Westernmost bay has a gabled C20 porch with Tudor arch. To the east two 2-light windows with flowing tracery and hoodmoulds. South aisle east window of 3-lights with reticulated tracery, similar 2-light west window. Continuous roof over nave and south aisle. The north aisle was rebuilt in the C15 and has two tiers of square headed 2-light windows with cusped ogee arches and returned hoodmoulds. Two below and two above. The westernmost bay is C19 and has a single-chamfered doorway and a 3-light window above in the same style as the other windows. Four low buttresses. North aisle east window is similar and of 2-lights. Flush panelled north door. C13 chancel with three tall lancets to north and south and on the south side a priest's doorway of two slightly chamfered orders, the outer order with colonnettes. Hoodmould. Angle buttresses at the east end. C20 east window of three stepped lancets set high up. The INTERIOR has a triple-chamfered tower arch dying into the imposts. Two-bay north and three-bay south arcades with quatrefoil piers, moulded capitals and double-chamfered arches. Reset cusped tomb recess (north aisle). Cusped ogee piscina (south aisle). Plain, deep circular font, possible C11. In the tracery lights of the north aisle windows are fragments of C15 stained glass. Wall tablet (chancel south) c1669 to John and Thomas Woolley. Pedimented with cherubs, and drapery down the sides. In the north aisle, painted arms of George III dated 1816. C18 organ case (north aisle) with fluted pilasters and raised and fielded panels. Said to have come from Sudbury Hall. The church has a bell cast in 1366 by John of Stafford. Listing NGR: SK2331029632.' (7)