King David
All Saints at Sherbourne is a Victorian masterpiece by Sir George Gilbert Scott and probably the finest 19th century parish church in the county. It was built in 1862-4 with generous funding from local landowner Lousia Ryland, which allowed Gilbert Scott to spare no expense on the decoration within (such as the marble nave columns).
The interior is richly furnished and largely as Mrs Ryland and Gilbert Scott left it, with the addition of a south chapel contain a memorial to the founder and a vaulted organ chamber to the north. There are many tablets to the Ryland family around the walls and stained glass by Clayton & Bell, Heaton Butler & Bayne and Hardmans.
The church is kept locked and requires an appointment to have it opened. On my first visit I was thus unlucky, but happily I was able to return some weeks later and get inside.
King David
All Saints at Sherbourne is a Victorian masterpiece by Sir George Gilbert Scott and probably the finest 19th century parish church in the county. It was built in 1862-4 with generous funding from local landowner Lousia Ryland, which allowed Gilbert Scott to spare no expense on the decoration within (such as the marble nave columns).
The interior is richly furnished and largely as Mrs Ryland and Gilbert Scott left it, with the addition of a south chapel contain a memorial to the founder and a vaulted organ chamber to the north. There are many tablets to the Ryland family around the walls and stained glass by Clayton & Bell, Heaton Butler & Bayne and Hardmans.
The church is kept locked and requires an appointment to have it opened. On my first visit I was thus unlucky, but happily I was able to return some weeks later and get inside.