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St Mary MundonNear Maldon, Essex |
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Please note Mundon is currently INACCESSIBLE to visitors. We have come to the reluctant conclusion that we must close the church on a temporary basis until we have been able to complete a further round of repairs. We spent some £30,000 barely two years ago but this has not arrested the tendency of the church to move. We have a further round of work planned for this year, 2005, and we have applied to English Heritage for help towards that expense. Our structural engineer tells us that the problem is the chronic instability of the clay under the church coupled with the presence of burial vaults. We shall probably have to apply a complete "skirt" around the perimeter to contain any further movement but to do so in ways that we hope will be completely invisible after execution. December 2006 History of the Church St Mary's is mainly known for its weather boarded timber-framed tower and its outstanding 16th century north porch with carved wooden spandrels. However it also retains a complete set of 18th century box pews and an 18th century brick chancel with distinctive wooden tracery to its north and east windows. On the east wall is a naïve mural showing tassels and bunched curtains being drawn aside from the window in a rare rural attempt at trompe l'oeil. The tower is unusual in having aisles to three sides. When the Friends took the building into care in 1975 it was in a sorry state and much work has been carried out to ensure its survival. The work here, as in so many of our churches, is ongoing and there are currently problems with ground movement, which are being tackled, but the church is much loved and a well-attended annual service is held there. If you would like to visit the church and need details of keyholders, directions etc, please telephone our office on: 020 7236 3934. |
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