Church of St Mary, Upper Swell

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Church of St Mary
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Church of St Mary
51°56′23″N1°44′39″W / 51.9398°N 1.7442°W / 51.9398; -1.7442
Denomination Church of England
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Designated25 August 1960
Administration
Province Canterbury
Diocese Gloucester
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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Church of St Mary". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. "St Mary". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 Lees, Hilary (1998). Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds. Walnut Tree. pp. 60–61. ISBN   978-0948251924.
  4. Verey, David (2007). Cotswold Churches. The History Press. p. 118. ISBN   978-1845880286.