St Saviour's Church, Tetbury

Last updated

St Saviour's Church, Tetbury
Rear of St Saviours New Church street Tetbury. - geograph.org.uk - 1526005.jpg
St Saviour's Church, Tetbury, from the north
Gloucestershire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
St Saviour's Church, Tetbury
Location in Gloucestershire
51°38′17″N2°09′49″W / 51.6380°N 2.1635°W / 51.6380; -2.1635
OS grid reference ST 887 932
Location Tetbury, Gloucestershire
CountryEngland
Denomination Anglican
Website
History
Consecrated 1848
Architecture
Functional status Redundant
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated21 March 1985
Architect(s) Samuel Daukes
A. W. N. Pugin
John Hardman
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Completed1848
Specifications
Materials Stone,
Cotswold stone roofs

St Saviour's Church is a historic 19th-century Anglican church in the town of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. [1] It was designed by the architect Samuel Daukes. Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and John Hardman [1] undertook the design and execution of the chancel roof. [2] St Saviour's is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. [3]

Contents

History

The church was built in 1848 as a chapel of ease in the parish of St Mary the Virgin's Church, Tetbury. [4] At that time the richer people paid a fee for the use of a pew in St Mary's (a pew rent). St Saviour's was built for the poorer people who could not afford this charge, [1] [5] and it came to be described as "a little church for the poor". [6]

Architecture

Exterior

St Saviour's is a Gothic Revival church in the Decorated Gothic style, built in local stone with Cotswold stone roofs. [1] The plan has a nave with side aisles and a chancel from which projects a north vestry. The main entrance is through a south porch into the nave. The church has steeply gabled ends, which project beyond the roofline, terminating in small crosses and, at the western end, a bellcote. There is no clerestory, the roof of the nave extending into catslides of a less steep pitch over the aisles. The corners of the building have splayed stepped buttresses, with two more buttresses occurring on the west front, at the ends of the aisles. [3]

The main windows of the church have tracery in the Flowing Decorated Gothic style of the early 14th century, that at the east of the chancel being the largest with three lights. There are two light windows in the south wall of the chancel, the ends of the aisles and a larger two light window into the nave. High in the nave gables are two small rose windows. The sides of the aisles are lit by small lancets. [3]

Interior

Inside the church the nave is separated from the aisles by arcades of four bays supported on alternate round and octagonal piers. All the fittings date from the time of the building of the church. These include the pews with poppyhead ends, the stone font, the stone pulpit, and the wooden chancel screen. [3] The original gas fittings are still in the church, although they are no longer functioning. These include the pipes, the wall brackets, and on the top of the chancel screen, a burner bar consisting of a row of gas jets. [5] [6] The church chandelier in the centre of the nave i a corona lucis gasolier by Hardman. [7] The organ formerly in the church has been removed. [8]

External features

The lychgate is designated as a Grade II listed building. It is thought to be contemporary with the church, and is built in stone with a Cotswold slate roof. [9] The churchyard contains the war graves of six Commonwealth service personnel of World War I, and ten of World War II. [10]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester</span> Church

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Michael's Church, Duntisbourne Rouse</span> Church in Gloucestershire, England

St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in the Cotswold village of Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire, England. It dates from no later than the 11th or 12th century and, since 1958, has been designated a Grade I listed building. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Gloucester, the archdeaconry of Cheltenham and the deanery of Cirencester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Stephen's Church, Copley</span> Church in West Yorkshire, England

St Stephen's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Copley, West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Andrew's Church, East Heslerton</span> Church in North Yorkshire, England

St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church at the south end of the village of East Heslerton, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Mary's Church, Little Washbourne</span> Church in Gloucestershire, England

St Mary's Church, is a historic Anglican church at Little Washbourne in the civil parish of Dumbleton, Gloucestershire, England under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Bartholomew's Church, Richard's Castle</span> Church in Herefordshire, England

St Bartholomew's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands close to the castle of the same name as the village, which was built to command this part of the Welsh Marches. The village is partly in Shropshire and the county boundary is not far from the church.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Swithun's Church, Brookthorpe</span> Church in Gloucestershire, England

St Swithun's Church is a historic Anglican church in the village of Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St James' Church, Charfield</span> Church in Gloucestershire, England

St James' Church is a historic Anglican church at Churchend in the village of Charfield, Gloucestershire, England and is under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It stands on a steep hillside overlooking a valley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Arild's Church, Oldbury-on-the-Hill</span> Church in Gloucestershire, England

St Arild's Church is a historic Anglican church near the village of Oldbury-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, England under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, The church is dedicated to Arilda, a female saint who was a virgin and a martyr. This is one of only two churches dedicated to her, the other being nearby at Oldbury-on-Severn. Access to the church is across fields or through a farmyard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Lawrence's Church, Evesham</span> Church in Worcestershire, England

St Lawrence's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the centre of the town of Evesham, Worcestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands close to All Saints Church, and to the bell tower of the former Evesham Abbey.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Martin's Church, Waithe</span> Church in Lincolnshire, England

St Martin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Waithe, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands in open countryside near the A16 road between Grimsby and Louth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Benedict's Church, Haltham-on-Bain</span> Church in Lincolnshire, England

St Benedict's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Haltham-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands between the River Bain and the A153 road connecting Horncastle with Coningsby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Andrew's Church, Buckland</span> Church in Hertfordshire, England

St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Buckland, Hertfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands at the highest point in the village to the east of Ermine Street, now the A10 road, between Royston and Buntingford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Peter's Church, Sudbury</span> Church in Suffolk, England

St Peter'sChurch, Sudbury is a former Anglican church in the town of Sudbury, Suffolk, England, which now serves as an Arts Centre. The building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The building stands in the heart of the town in a dominating position on Market Hill.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">All Saints Church, West Stourmouth</span> Church in Kent, England

All Saints Church, West Stourmouth, is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Stourmouth, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands in the settlement of West Stourmouth, some 4 miles (6 km) north of Wingham to the southeast of the A28 road.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St James Church, Quedgeley</span>

St James Church is a Church of England church in School Lane, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in January 1955.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove</span> Church in Staffordshire, United Kingdom

St Mary's Church is a parish church of the Church of England in Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire. Parts of the structure date to 1130, though it was extensively renovated in 1892. It is unusual in having the main entrance door on the north side, with the southern entrance reserved for members of the Mosley family, local landowners and key donors to the church. The church features stained glass windows dating to the medieval period and others by Victorian designer Charles Eamer Kempe. The tower houses eight bells, one dating to 1586. The church is grade I listed and there are associated grade II listings for churchyard railings, a memorial, the lychgate and a former church grammar school. The lychgate, by Lincolnshire architect Cecil Greenwood Hare, also functions as a war memorial.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of St James, Coln St. Dennis</span> Church

The Anglican Church of St James at Coln St. Dennis in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury</span> Church in Gloucestershire, England

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Tetbury in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. It was built in 1781 incorporating elements of an earlier church. It is a grade I listed building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of St Nicholas, Saintbury</span> Church

The Anglican Church of St Nicholas at Saintbury in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 13th century. It is a grade I listed building.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 St Saviour's Church, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, Churches Conservation Trust , retrieved 27 November 2016
  2. ↑ Verey & Brooks, p. 687.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Historic England, "Church of St Saviour, Tetbury (1154438)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 11 April 2015
  4. ↑ Herbert, N. M.; Pugh, R. B., eds. (1976), "Bisley and Longtree Hundreds:Tetbury; Church", A History of the County of Gloucester, Victoria County History, University of London & History of Parliament Trust, vol. 11, pp. 277–280, retrieved 14 November 2010
  5. 1 2 Tetbury, St Saviour's Church, Britain Express, retrieved 14 November 2010
  6. 1 2 St Saviour's Church, Tetbury, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers , retrieved 14 November 2010
  7. ↑ St Saviour's church Tetbury Glos. on www.hevac-heritage.org.
  8. ↑ Buildings found, British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 14 November 2010
  9. ↑ Historic England, "Lychgate at Church of St Saviour, Tetbury (1089600)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 April 2015
  10. ↑ TETBURY (ST. SAVIOUR) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission , retrieved 8 February 2013

Bibliography

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.