Church of St Mary, Upper Swell explained

Church of St Mary
Denomination:Church of England
Diocese:Gloucester
Province:Canterbury
Heritage Designation:Grade I listed building
Designated Date:25 August 1960
Pushpin Map:Gloucestershire
Benefice:Stow on the Wold, Condicote & The Swells

The Church of St Mary is an Anglican church in Upper Swell in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. It was built in the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building.[1]

History

The church was built in the 12th century and in the 13th the chancel was added.[1] During the 15th and early 16th centuries the nave was revised.[1]

The parish is part of the Stow on the Wold, Condicote and The Swells benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.[2]

Architecture

The Cotswold stone building has a stone slate roof. It consists of a three-bay nave and two-bay chancel with a south porch. The bellcote on the west gable has two bells.[1]

Inside the church is a 15th-century font and a piscina in the chancel.[1] There is a Norman doorway with a carved tympanum.[3] There is a mass dial on the jamb of the porch door.[3] The organ was built by Nicholson & Co Ltd in 1872.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Church of St Mary . National Heritage List for England . Historic England . 18 October 2020.
  2. Web site: St Mary . A Church Near You . Church of England . 18 October 2020 . 18 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201018085822/https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14386/more-information/ . live .
  3. Book: Lees . Hilary . Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds . 1998 . Walnut Tree . 978-0948251924. 60–61.
  4. Book: Verey . David . Cotswold Churches . 2007 . The History Press . 978-1845880286. 118.