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ST MARYS CHURCH, LEWISHAM |
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The
church is of stone construction with stone dressings. The tower at the
west end is the oldest part of the church, the lower parts being perpendicular
(dating from 1498-1512) and remaining from the medieval church. The rest
of the church was rebuilt 1774-77 by George Gibson Jnr to a rectangular
"preaching box with galleries" plan with small semi-circular apse (base
of which still visible in the crypt) and galleries to the north and south.
There was an organ covering the west arch into the tower. The church suffered
major fire damage in 1830. The interior and roof was rebuilt similarly
to the previous church, only to be remodelled in 1881 by the installation
of timber columns to replace the original cast iron, the opening up of
the timbers to the ceiling, new pews and a new pulpit.
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| St Mary the Virgin showing the South Porch | |
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| St Mary the Virgin showing the East end | |