St Mary's Church, Dymock is a Church of England parish church in the center of the village of Dymock in Gloucestershire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]
St Mary's Church, Dymock is a Church of England parish church in the center of the village of Dymock in Gloucestershire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]
The building is mainly Norman and is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086 AD). [2] The tower dates from the 15th century. [3] The church had further Victorian restoration by John Middleton in the 19th century. [1]
The church has been placed on the Historic England Heritage at risk register because of slow deterioration of the stonework of the tower and buttresses. [4] [5]
The parish is part of the benefice of Redmarley D'Abitot, Bromesberrow, Pauntley and Upleadon within the Diocese of Gloucester. [6]
Dymock is celebrated as the centre of a mediaeval school of Romanesque sculpture that was first described in detail by George Zarnecki in 1950. It was more fully analysed by the Reverend John Eric Gethyn-Jones, who renamed it after the Dymoch church which contains all of its characteristic motifs. Evidence of the work is also found in other churches within a ten-mile radius. [3]
The church consists of a long 12th-century nave and a west tower dating from the 15th century, topped with a short octagonal pyramid spire. It has a south porch, and a south chapel immediately east of it. There is a north chapel not facing the south one, but further to the west. East of the nave is a 12th-century bay that was originally the lower story of a crossing tower. [3] [7] [1] The tower and octagonal spire include a small octagonal stair turret and is supported by buttresses. [1] The church includes several examples of Romanesque architecture including the doorway and windows of the nave, the stringcourse of the tower and part of the chancel wall. [3]
The west end of the nave is devoted to a display of the Dymock poets, their work and associations. [8] Within the church is a memorial to the men of Dymock who died in World War I and World War II. [9]
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