Church of St Bartholomew, Notgrove explained

Church of St Bartholomew
Denomination:Church of England
Diocese:Gloucester
Province:Canterbury
Heritage Designation:Grade I listed building
Pushpin Map:Gloucestershire

The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew at Notgrove in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.[1]

History

The church was built in the 12th century with major revision and expansion in the 14th. It underwent Victorian restoration between 1871 and 1873.

It was dedicated to St Mary but this was changed in the 18th century to St Bartholomew.

The parish is part of the Northleach benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.[2]

Architecture

The limestone building consists of a chancel with vestry, a nave with a north transept, and north aisle. The west tower has a spire.[3]

On the south wall of the tower is a sundial with a ‘Fleur de lys’ design on the gnomon.[4] The exterior wall of the chancel is a carving showing the crucification which is believed to date from the 14th century.[5]

The interior of the church includes a 12th-century-font, 17th century pulpit and a chancel screen which 14th- or 15th-century carving.[3] Some of the pews date back to the reign of Elizabeth I.[6] Behind the altar is a 14th-century reredos which has been defaced at some time.[7]

There is some old stained glass but most is made by Clayton and Bell in the Victorian era.[7] Many effigies and tombs are of the Whittington family who were the Lord of the manor,[1] including the descendants of Richard Whittington (Dick Whittington).[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Church of St. Bartholomew . National Heritage List for England . Historic England . 14 October 2020.
  2. Web site: St Bartholomew . A Church Near You . Church of England . 14 October 2020 . 14 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014164451/https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14363/more-information/ . live .
  3. Web site: Parishes: Notgrove Pages 145-155 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 9, Bradley Hundred. The Northleach Area of the Cotswolds. . British History Online . Victoria County History . 14 October 2020 . 4 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200804204804/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol9/pp145-155#h3-0005 . live .
  4. Web site: Church of St Bartholomew, Notgrove Nr Northleach . Sundial society . 14 October 2020 . 14 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014164451/http://sundialsoc.org.uk/dials/church-of-st-bartholomew3013/ . live .
  5. Web site: Notgrove, Gloucestershire . The Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture . 14 October 2020 . 14 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014164452/http://www.ascorpus.ac.uk/catvol10.php?pageNum_urls=218&totalRows_urls=298 . live .
  6. Web site: St Bartholomew, Notgrove . Northleach Benefice . 14 October 2020 . 14 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014164506/https://www.northleachbenefice.org/notgrove . live .
  7. Web site: Ross . David . Notgrove, St Bartholomew's Church . Britain Express . 14 October 2020 . 26 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180426060503/http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/glouces/churches/notgrove.htm . live .
  8. Book: Betjeman , John . John Betjeman

    . John Betjeman . Collins Guide to English Parish Churches . . 1958 . 175 .