St Mary's Church, Temple, Corsley

The Bartons had owned land at Corsley since the 18th century, and built Corsley House in a Neoclassical style in 1814.^[1] In her will of 1899, Mary Barton left £10,000 to establish the Barton Trust, which was to build a church in memory of her husband and son. A little less than half the amount was spent on construction, with the remainder being invested to maintain the church and pay for the holding of services.^[1]

The Wiltshire Pevsner describes the church as "Arts and Crafts Gothic" in style.^[2] Julian Orbach, in his revision of Pevsner's volume, calls the church "charming".^[3] It is constructed of limestone with a tiled roof, and has a gabled north porch and a small bell-cote over the east end.^[4]

St Mary's was dependent on the parish church, St Margaret's at Corsley. In the 21st century, St Mary's was declared a redundant church and passed into the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.^[5] Infrequent services are held by the team ministry for the area, Cley Hill Churches.^[6]

• Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09659-0. OCLC 228662032.

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