Church of the Holy Rood, Daglingworth explained

Church of the Holy Rood
Denomination:Church of England
Diocese:Gloucester
Province:Canterbury
Heritage Designation:Grade I listed building
Designated Date:26 November 1958
Pushpin Map:Gloucestershire
Benefice:Ermin West

The Anglican Church of the Holy Rood at Daglingworth in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 11th century. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

History

The church was built in the 11th century and extended, including the tower, in the 15th.[1] A Victorian restoration, between 1845 and 1850, included the addition of the north aisle and rebuilding the chancel.[2]

Architecture

The limestone building had stone slate roofs. It consists of a nave with south porch, chancel, north aisle and west tower.[1] The tower contains four bells, the oldest of which date from 1720.[3]

The nave was divided by a cross wall, with a loft for the priest above, but this was removed in the 19th century.[3] There is an organ above the chancel arch.[4]

A series of Saxon carvings, including one of the crucifixion, were rediscovered during rebuilding work in 1850.[4] They predate the Norman conquest and follow the Syrian tradition.[3] They are dated to around 1050.[5] The carvings were originally built into the chancel arch and are now in the nave.[6]

The previous altar is Romanesque,[7] and now used as a credence table.[3] The font is from the 15th century, and includes a carving of the Green Man.[3] The south porch was built in the 15th century and contains a Saxon sundial.[8]

In the churchyard the remains of steps and shaft of a medieval cross can be seen.[3] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Church of the Holy Rood . National Heritage List for England . Historic England . 9 October 2020 . 9 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201009094133/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1090207 . live .
  2. Web site: History of Church of The Holy Rood, Daglingworth . Ermin West Benefice . 9 October 2020 . 30 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191030201044/https://www.erminwestbenefice.org.uk/our-churches/daglingworth/history-of-church-of-the-holy-rood/ . live .
  3. Web site: Church . Daglingworth . 9 October 2020 . 18 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190318185148/http://www.daglingworth.org.uk/church/ . live .
  4. Web site: Holy Rood Church, Daglingworth, Gloucestershire . English Churches . 9 October 2020.
  5. Book: Moriarty . Denis . Buildings of the Cotswolds . 1989 . Gollancz . 978-0575040595. 90–92.
  6. Book: Lees . Hilary . Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds . 1998 . Walnut Tree . 978-0948251924. 28–29.
  7. Web site: Holy Rood, Daglingworth, Gloucestershire . The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland . 9 October 2020.
  8. Web site: Daglingworth . Great English Churches . 9 October 2020 . 7 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200107032125/http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/daglingworth.html . live .
  9. Web site: Churchyard Cross in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Rood . National Heritage List for England . Historic England . 9 October 2020.