St. Mary's, Mistley
MISTLEY (St. Mary) - Nothing of the medieval church remains. A new church was built and consecrated 1735 and was a plain brick parallelogram, but was radically changed by Robert Adam in 1776, who added square towers at the north and south (ritual East) end, and porticos, each with two pairs of Tuscan columns on the long sides. The towers were adorned with free-standing Tuscan columns, each with a piece of projecting entablature on top. Above the entablature was a square storey with four pediments, a slim circulare drum with attached Ionic columns, and a crowning dome. Later the nave was pulled down, and only the two towers survive.
A new church was built in 1870-1 by Wadmore & Baker after the style of Scott. It has a south-west steeple, with a spire, an apse, and geometrical tracery.
The Plate is a 17th. century Cup.
