Lower Strensham, Worcestershire
St John the Baptist, Lower Strensham, Worcestershire, cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust since it was declared redundant in 1991 . Now quite isolated , it was once part of a village gone by the end of the 14c, surrounding a castle to the west destroyed during the 17c Civil War .
It consists of a 14c nave, chancel, late 14c / early 15c tower . South porch. Renovated in 15c with new windows ceilings . North vestry added early 19c
In the churchyard is the base of a medieval cross.
The 18c west gallery incorporates sections of a 15c rood screen divided into 23 panels, with Christ in the centre flanked on each side by 11 figures of “sundry prelates and saints” Underneath the Norman tub font survives. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/BQ9ahc
There are many monuments in brass and stone to the Russell family lords of the manor from 14c starting with Robert Russell, 1390 ;.https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1L14M7 Sir John Russell 1405; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/89N08A Robert Russell 1502 and wife Elizabeth Baynham ; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/422T97 Sir John Russell 1556 and wife Edith Unton.; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ws4M41 Huge stone monuments to Sir Thomas Russell 1632 & wife Elizabeth Spencer 1618 ; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/93uf2U Sir Francis Russell 1705 the last of the male line & wife Anne Lytton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/F2fG2k are next to their daughter Anne Lady Geyse 1734-35 . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/91gwAu
The towerhas 6 bells . Originally five cast by Abraham Rudhall in 1704–5; the fourth and fifth being broken were recast in 1911 by John Taylor, and a new treble added. The inventory of 1552 shows that 3 bells were originally bought by Sir John Russell at the Dissolution from Bordesley Abbey to replace 3 others sold 10 years before.
Lower Strensham, Worcestershire
St John the Baptist, Lower Strensham, Worcestershire, cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust since it was declared redundant in 1991 . Now quite isolated , it was once part of a village gone by the end of the 14c, surrounding a castle to the west destroyed during the 17c Civil War .
It consists of a 14c nave, chancel, late 14c / early 15c tower . South porch. Renovated in 15c with new windows ceilings . North vestry added early 19c
In the churchyard is the base of a medieval cross.
The 18c west gallery incorporates sections of a 15c rood screen divided into 23 panels, with Christ in the centre flanked on each side by 11 figures of “sundry prelates and saints” Underneath the Norman tub font survives. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/BQ9ahc
There are many monuments in brass and stone to the Russell family lords of the manor from 14c starting with Robert Russell, 1390 ;.https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1L14M7 Sir John Russell 1405; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/89N08A Robert Russell 1502 and wife Elizabeth Baynham ; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/422T97 Sir John Russell 1556 and wife Edith Unton.; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ws4M41 Huge stone monuments to Sir Thomas Russell 1632 & wife Elizabeth Spencer 1618 ; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/93uf2U Sir Francis Russell 1705 the last of the male line & wife Anne Lytton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/F2fG2k are next to their daughter Anne Lady Geyse 1734-35 . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/91gwAu
The towerhas 6 bells . Originally five cast by Abraham Rudhall in 1704–5; the fourth and fifth being broken were recast in 1911 by John Taylor, and a new treble added. The inventory of 1552 shows that 3 bells were originally bought by Sir John Russell at the Dissolution from Bordesley Abbey to replace 3 others sold 10 years before.