Church of St Mary Magdalene. A coursed stone building with a Welsh slate roof and having scant remains of a Norman church (NB List misprints as "Roman"). A zig-zag stone in the W wall, is Norman according to Pevsner. The N arcade is of 1180, the S arcade is early C13, and the tower and spire is of 1391. It was restored in 1868. (1) (2)

Remains of part of a Norman arch [are] now built into the W wall of the S aisle. The two E bays of the N arcade … date from 1170-80. The additional bay to the W, together with the S arcade were added towards the middle of the 13th century. The tower … was built soon after 1391 for John de Sutton. The chancel was rebuilt in 1854. (4)

St Mary Magdalene parish church. 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th centuries. Chancel rebuilt 1854. Restored and aisles enlarged 1867 (5)

Coursed and squared rubble and dressed stone. Ashlar dressings. Gabled and lean-to slate roofs. Plinth, chamfered eaves, coped gables, some with crosses. West tower, nave, north and south aisles, organ chamber, vestry, chancel, south porch. (6)

See L8290 for Med seal.

Listed buildings slides, 2 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

OS, 1960, 1:2500 1960 (Map). SNT1016.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 343 (Monograph). SNT4.

Other Refs: fig 24

<2> DOE (HHR), 04/06/1980, Dist of Ashfield (Published document). SNT632.

<3> Mee A, 1938, The King's England: Nottinghamshire (Published document). SNT914.

<4> Thoroton Society, 1912, TTS, p 26-31 (Published document). SNT338.

<5> DOE (HHR), 1989, Dist of Ashfield, Pages 39-40 (Published document). SNT6156.

<6> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.