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St Mary the Virgin Church (Ruins of), Location: Mistley, Essex. |
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Richard Rigby had plans to turn Mistley into a spa town, so he hired the architect Robert Adam, to design and remodel the existing church. A picture of the original church previous to the re-modelling can be seen in the gallery. |
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| Heath | The 'St Mary the Virgin' Church was built and consecrated in 1735, and remodelled by Robert Adam in 1776. He added the two towers at both north and south ends of the rectangular church. |
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| Swan basin | The Towers are all that remain after the centre section of the medieval church was demolished in 1870, as the new Church was being built. | Transport | |||||||
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| The lodges built in 1782 for the hall still remain, standing to the East of the Towers. | |||||||||
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The Mistley Towers today. |
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| The Towers are located on a bank overlooking the River Stour, amoungst a grave yard next to Mistley Quay. |
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| The key is available to view the interior of the towers, and the contact details are written on the sign at the entrance to the graveyard. | |||||||||
| Page last updated: 05.02.2003 | |||||||||
