Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Saffron Walden, Essex, England.
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Stuart Robertson / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
HFWNY3File size:
51.3 MB (2.5 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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3456 x 5184 px | 29.3 x 43.9 cm | 11.5 x 17.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
11 September 2016Location:
Saffron Walden, Essex, England.More information:
This image shows the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. The church is the largest non-cathedral church in Essex with an overall length of 183 feet (56 m) and the spire, 193 feet (59 m) high, which is the tallest in Essex. It was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1951. A Norman church was recorded in 1130, which in turn had replaced an earlier wooden structure. The building as it current stands dates predominantly from a rebuilding between 1250 and 1258, with a further rebuilding in the Perpendicular style begun in about 1450, the latter stages supervised by John Wastell the master mason who was building King's College Chapel in the nearby city of Cambridge. In 1769 the church was damaged by lightning. The repairs, carried out in the 1790s removed many medieval features but saved the building which was in a dilapidated state. The spire was added in 1832 to replace an older "lantern" tower to a design of Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson.