Building record M40 - Church of St Mary, Bunny

Summary

CHURCH (Medieval to Late 20th Century). Parish church and adjoining wall

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 58276 29592 (65m by 67m)
Map sheet SK52NE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Bunny, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

W tower with spire, nave and aisles of five bays, and long unaisled chancel of four windows. Mostly C14. Aisles with three-light windows [, the] tracery probably recast in the early C18. The chancel [was] re-roofed by Sir Thomas in 1718. Porch … gable has a C17 or early C18 look. Rood screen simple and partly reconstructed. (1)

Sir Thomas Parkyns … built the Chancel roof. (2)

Consists of chancel, nave … with N and S aisles, S porch and W tower and spire. [The] fine chancel contains both Dec and Perp work. The nave and aisles are of the early Perp period. The roof is an old flat Perp one. The S porch is work of the Perp period. The tower and spire are of the Dec period. (3)

Parish church built 13th century with addition of an angle buttressed, single stage, ashlar tower in the first half of the 14th century. Altered 1603 and restored 1718-25 and further restored 1890-1 and 1911. Mainly constructed in dressed coursed rubble and ashlar. Lead and stainless steel roofs. Coped gables with single ridge cross to the east chancel. Tower with spire, nave, aisles, south porch, north vestry and chancel (1) (4) (5)

See L7935 for P Med monuments, L7877 for nearby bank


Listed buildings slides, 73 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

OS, 1973, 1:10000 1973 (Map). SNT995.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 84-85 (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> Thoroton Society, 1996, TTS, p 69 (Serial). SNT1504.

<3> Thoroton Society, 1902, TTS, p 13-9 (Published document). SNT329.

<4> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

<5> DOE, 1986, Dist of Rushcliffe (Listed Buildings) (Published document). SNT6210.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Photograph: Listed buildings slides. 73 slides.
  • --- Map: OS. 1973. 1:10000 1973.
  • <1> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed.. Penguin. p 84-85.
  • <2> Serial: Thoroton Society. 1996. TTS. 100. p 69.
  • <3> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1902. TTS. 6. p 13-9.
  • <4> Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.
  • <5> Published document: DOE. 1986. Dist of Rushcliffe (Listed Buildings). 24.

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Record last edited

Jul 21 2026 3:55PM

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