Church of St Mary, Upper Swell

Church of St Mary
Church of St Mary is located in Gloucestershire
Church of St Mary
Church of St Mary
51°56′23″N 1°44′39″W / 51.9398°N 1.7442°W / 51.9398; -1.7442
DenominationChurch of England
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Designated25 August 1960
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseGloucester
BeneficeStow 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]

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ a b 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.