- Interior of the nave, showing the Doom over the chancel arch
- Close up of the Doom
- The Three Living
St Mary’s Church, Lutterworth | |
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Location | Lutterworth, Leicestershire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Website | https://www.lutterworthchurch.org/ |
History | |
Status | Church of England parish church |
Dedication | Mary the Virgin |
Consecrated | 13th cent |
Architecture | |
Style | English Gothic |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Leicester |
Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Loughborough |
Deanery | Guthlaxton |
Parish | Lutterworth |
St Mary's Church is the ancient parish church of the town of Lutterworth, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed building [1] and is a member of the Major Churches Network [2]
The church building is 13th-century, with 14th- and 15th-century alterations. The church contains some surviving 15th-century wall paintings with the Lutterworth Doom appearing over the chancel arch and a depiction of the Three Living and the Three dead. [3]
The spire on the church was blown down in 1703 and rebuilt in 1761. Sir George Gilbert Scott restored the building in 1866–1869. [4]
The Irish statesman Robert le Poer was parish priest here c.1318.
The translator John Wycliffe was rector of the church between 1374 and 1384. [1] It was in the Lutterworth rectory that he is traditionally believed to have produced the first translation of the Bible from Latin into English (see Wycliffe's Bible). [6] His translation of the Bible into English started the Lollard movement. [4]
In spite of the significance of the church for early English Protestantism the church is home to a remarkable set of surviving pre-reformation murals. Painted during the 15th century (1400s) they consist of a large Doom over the chancel arch, with figures rising out of tombs and large seated Christ in majesty surrounded by angels, and a remarkably fine example of the Three Living and the Three Dead around the north aisle door. The paintings were uncovered and restored by Eve Baker in the 1980s.
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