Church of St Mary, Upper Swell

The Anglican Church of St Mary at Upper Swell in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

Church of St Mary
Church of St Mary
DenominationChurch of England
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Designated25 August 1960
Administration
BeneficeStow on the Wold, Condicote & The Swells
DioceseGloucester
ProvinceCanterbury

History

The church was built in the 12th century and in the 13th the chancel was added.[1] During the 15th and early 16th century the nave was revised.[1]

The parish is part of the Stow on the Wold, Condicote & 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
  1. "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. 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.
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