The Church of St Swithin is a parish church in Ganarew, south Herefordshire, England. The parish church is dedicated to St Swithin, [1] although the 1868 National Gazetteer notes a dedication to St Luke. The parish is within the Church of England Diocese of Hereford, and the church is a Grade II listed building. [2]
Giles Rawlines served as rector in 1624. [3] Tamalanc, a son of Brychan, may be the same person as Tiuinauc (or Tywinauc or Tywannog), a patron saint connected with the Church of St Swithin's history. [4] The church was rebuilt in about 1850 by John Prichard, a noted church builder and restorer of the Victorian period. [5] The church required the expensive restoration because of the failing foundations. [6]
The church is of the English Gothic architectural style, described by Pevsner as Middle Pointed or Decorated Period, [7] and by Historic England simply as Decorated. [8] It is built of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and a tiled roof. The nave has windows with hoodmoulds. They have cusped ogee-headed lights and spandrels. The bellcote has similar cusped ogee-headed openings and a small spire with decorative lucarnes. [8]
The reredos inside the church forms the village war memorial, a sculpture in white marble featuring the figure of Christ accompanied by two angels. [9]
The graveyard contains a Gothic pinnacle [7] memorial to the Bannerman family who lived nearby at Wyastone Leys. The medieval churchyard cross is a scheduled ancient monument. [10] There is also a war grave of a Royal Engineers soldier of World War I. [11]
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Parish Church of St. Swithin, was entirely rebuilt in 1850...
