Overview

Heritage Category: Listed Building

Grade: I

List Entry Number: 1340467

Date first listed: 28-Jun-1960

Location

Statutory Address: Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton, Bell Lane, Minchinhampton, Stroud GL6 9BP

County: Gloucestershire

District: Stroud (District Authority)

Parish: Minchinhampton

National Grid Reference: SO 87219 00814

Details

Parish church. C14 tower and transepts. Remainder of church rebuilt 1842 by Thomas Foster of Bristol; chancel altered 1869-71 by William Burges. Porch room by Peter Falconer added in 1973. Ashlar and random rubble limestone; stone and Welsh slate roofs. Nave with aisles, north and south transepts, central tower and chancel. West entrance lobby addition and parish room. C14 tower and transepts, tower having tall deeply splayed 2-light pointed belfry openings with Decorated tracery; broach spire with narrow lucarnes to cardinal faces; upper part removed 1563 and replaced by crenellated coronet with crocketed pinnacles. Octagonal north east stair turret entered by pointed arched doorway in angle between chancel and north transept. Very fine south transept has large 5-light rose window, diagonal corner buttresses and row of closely-spaced side wall buttresses with 2-light pointed windows between. Plainer north transept with 3-light north and similar east window with reticulated tracery, north having circular Cl9 restored window above with quatrefoil tracery. Moulded pointed arched doorway on east side with hoodmould. C19 buttressed chancel has large 5-light geometrical traceried east window with double tracery in Burges's typical bold style; empty hooded image niche above. Perpendicular Gothic nave by Foster appears bulky against medieval crossing. Five Perpendicular aisle windows and one bay at west end with smaller window; 2-light clerestory windows with 4-centred pointed heads separated by gabled buttresses. Crenellated parapets with tall crocketed pinnacles at west end above angle buttresses. Four-light Perpendicular west window. Flat-roofed lobby obscures west doorway, links with hexagonal church room having sprocketed pyramidal roof with ball finial and stone cross windows. Interior: broad nave with panelled roof having gilt bosses and painted decoration to ribbing. Four-bay arcades with octagonal columns. C14 crossing arches die into responds of piers. Tierceron vaulting beneath tower taken off slender corner shafts with foliage capitals. Some medieval painting survives on nave arch. Timber boarded barrel vault to chancel with 1931 painted decoration by F.C. Eden. Highly polished encaustic tile to stepped chancel floor. Most remarkable part of interior is south transept, dominated by rose window and with pitched stone slab roof supported on stone cross-arches with scissor bracing, these set closely together relating to the external buttressing. Two ogee-arched Decorated mortuary tomb recesses below south transept window have rich crocket decoration and pinnacles, also retaining effigy of Knight in contemporary armour and his Lady, each on chest with quatrefoil front panelling. Similar tomb recess in north transept now obscured by organ. Many other fine memorials including brasses at west end of nave. Good segmental pedimented memorial in south transept to IEREMIE BVCKE, a Parliamentary officer, appears undated; oval brass plate below to Jacobus Bradley, S.T.P., died 1762 aged 70 has latin inscription - this formerly being attached to Bradley's monument in the churchyard (q.v.). Several good monuments reset high in nave between clerestory windows. All are fine, many of cadaver type, mostly to Sheppard family of Gatcombe Park. Especially good is one on south side by Ricketts of Gloucester to SAMUEL SHEPPARD, died 1770. Boldest on north side is pedimented plaque to JOSEPH ILES, died 1749, by Robert Chambers. Remainder of fittings mostly date from re-seating of church in 1875. Timber rood screen by F.C. Eden of 1920 was intended to be painted. Very complete stained glass: east window and south rose window by Hardman. West window and most aisles windows are by Herbert Bryans, a pupil of Kempe, installed 1899-1922. One window in north aisle by Edward Payne. Church at Minchinhampton originally given by William the Conqueror to the Abbaye aux Dames, Caen, passing to the nuns of Syon Abbey in 1415. A major rebuilding occurred in C12 but no trace of this survives. (J. Mordant Crook, William Burges and the High Victorian Dream, 1981; N.M. Herbert, 'Minchinhampton' in V.C.H. Glos. xi 1976, pp 184-207; A.T. Playne, Minchinhampton and Avening, 1915; and D. Verey, Cotswold Churches, 1976 and Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

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"Parish Church. C14 tower, otherwise C15, North chapel added 1665, church restored late 1720s and again 1869-70." --http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-265086-church-of-the-holy-ghost-crowcombe-somer

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St Nicholas' Church.

Grade I listed building.

Church of St Nicholas, Gloucester

GLOUCESTER

SO8218NE WESTGATE STREET

844-1/7/428 (North side)

23/01/52 Church of St Nicholas

GV I

Parish church, redundant since 1971. The early C12 church

largely rebuilt in C13 retaining some features; C14

alterations, early to mid C15 alterations and west tower and

spire added, north-east vestry extended in C16 and C17; the

spire reduced in height and capped 1783 by John Bryan;

restored 1865 by John Jaques and Son, repaired following a

fire 1901, the west tower stabilized 1927, the north aisle

rebuilt and the church re-roofed 1935-38. Vested in the

Redundant Churches Fund 1975 and programme of repairs

commenced. Limestone ashlar, stone rubble, gabled slate roofs.

PLAN: imposing west tower and spire, nave of six bays, on the

south side of the nave towards the west end a deep porch with

an upper room, from the third to the sixth bays and against

the first bay of the chancel a wide south aisle with a small

porch to the priest's door towards the east end; on the north

side a porch against the side of the west tower and from the

first to fifth bays of the nave an aisle with a wider

transeptal chapel off the east bay of the nave; two-bay

chancel continuous with the nave, with a vestry on the north

side.

EXTERIOR: mid C15 west tower of three stages defined by

moulded string courses, diagonal corner buttresses with

offsets rising to the top of the second stage and small

panelled buttresses to the third stage, an embattled parapet

with pierced tracery panels and corner pinnacles, restored

1993-4; in the first stage of the tower in each outer face a

tall three-light window with hoodmould, in the second in each

face a three-light window with upper transom and ogee arched

head with flanking crocketed pinnacles, and in the third stage

in each face a two-light arched window flanked by arched

niches, all under crocketed ogee gablets with flanking

pinnacles, all the windows with Perpendicular tracery; inset

on the tower an octagonal, stone spire with a pinnacle

attached to each diagonal face and on each cardinal face a

two-light lucarne under a tall ogee crocketed gablet, the apex

of the spire removed above a pinnacle coronet and replaced by

a lead ogee cap with ball finial; fixed onto the south side of

the tower in 1716 a large bracket clock.

On the south side of nave the gabled south porch with upper

room, added 1347 and rebuilt mid C19, with arched entrance

doorway and iron gates; within the porch the C12 arched

doorway with nook shafts and tympanum carved in relief with an

Agnus Dei and foliage. The five bays of the end-gabled south

side of the nave defined by buttresses with two offsets rising

to the underside of a continuous corbel table, and in each bay

a large three-light window in a C13 opening, the moulded

shafts to the jambs with moulded capitals and bases, and with

a moulded semicircular arched head; in C15 the windows

remodelled and Perpendicular tracery inserted, in C19 the

window in the west bay restored to C13 design, a similar C13

window in the east end of the aisle is infilled with C14

Decorated tracery. In the north aisle C14 and C16 windows; in

the gabled east wall of the chancel a C15 five-light window

with Perpendicular tracery.

INTERIOR: within the tower a lierne vault, and above in the

belfrey stage a C15 timber bell frame. In the north arcade of

the nave the west bay has a pointed arch, the next two bays

are early C12 with thick cylindrical columns and round arches,

and the three eastern bays are early C13 with pointed arches

on cylindrical columns, the two eastern columns with

stiff-leaf capitals, the four-bay south arcade also early C13

and has cylindrical columns with stiff-leaf capitals; over the

nave a C19 open timber roof of five bays with four king-post

trusses and an arch braced truss between nave and chancel, the

trusses supported on carved stone corbels; in the chancel in

the north and south walls early C16 squints inserted for

viewing the altar from the aisles, in the south wall a large

piscina and credence, and encaustic tile paving.

FITTINGS: include at the east end of the south aisle the

richly moulded, panelled timber front of the former west

gallery installed in 1621 and removed in 1924 from within the

lower stage of the tower; above the south doorway the arms of

Charles II, otherwise C19 fittings.

MONUMENTS: include at the east end of the south aisle chest

tomb with robustly sculpted and coloured effigies of Alderman

John Walton and wife, d.1626, the front of the chest with two

kneeling figures framed in arched panels set behind and pairs

of Ionic columns, restored 1980: in the chancel a half length

portrait effigy of Revd. Richard Green, d.1711, in academic

dress; many memorial tablets and ledgers. The decorative C14

bronze closing ring formerly on the south door is now in the

Gloucester City Museum.

(BOE: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of

Dean: London: 1976-: 236; VCH: The City of Gloucester: Oxford:

1988-: 309-310).

Listing NGR: SO8290118778

This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.

Flamstead, Hertfordshire

Church of St Mary, Church Road, Friston, East Sussex

Grade II* Listed

List Entry Number: 1287864

National Grid Reference: TM 41350 60488

Details

In the entry for:-

TM 46 SW FRISTON CHURCH ROAD

4/8 Church of St Mary

GV 7.12.66 II*

the description shall be amended to read:-

Parish Church. Remains of C11 structure in north wall; some C12 work; Main body of the church C14 and C15; post-Reformation additions of several dates, detailed below; restorations and redecorations of the late C19 and early C20 concentrated at the west and east ends respectively. Flint with cement rendering; brick porch and buttresses; roof of tile with lower verge of slate. Chancel of three irregularly spaced bays; nave of seven bays; west tower of three stages with broad, setback angle buttresses; west organ loft of wood. The chancel is not set off from the nave by an arch, being demarcated by a single step to choir area; this level change as well as the painted decorations in the chancel date to 1913 and are, according to a brass fixed to the single lancet in the south side of the chancel, a memorial to Emily Sophia Hills; the timber framing to the roof appear to date from this refurbishment. Chancel with three-light window, curvilinear tracery is late C19 work and is filled with memorial glass dated 1895. Arched timber principals to nave, the area above the collar plastered, like the underside of the roof wall plate moulded. The mouldings on the roof suggest a late C15 date; there is also some suggestion that the timbers may have been reused from another structure, perhaps in the late medieval period. Pair of two-light C15-styled windows to north wall of nave; lancet with Y tracery on line between chancel and nave to south; two-light Perpendicular window to side of entrance porch and a two-light Decorated window to the other side. Entrance to south of the nave dates to the C12. Segmental pointed arch to tower. Interior fixtures and fittings include: benches to nave of mid to late C19; choir stalls of same date partly removed; octagonal font at west end, centre of aisle; sacrarium enclosed by a wood and metal rail and elevated; painted wood reredos dating to early C20. Fine wood coat of arms of James I to the north nave wall; early C17 pulpit mounted on a C19 or C20 base, may perhaps be a married piece; holy table by main door; in 1988 new window installed by Mrs. Vernon Wentworth of the Blackheath Mansion Friston.

Excavations in 1983 and 1988 have revealed two new features of note: in the north nave wall a round-arched door evidently of C11 date; to the east of the south door a staircase dating probably to the C14. No evidence for the latter visible from outside or from within; the former left exposed but blocked. Exterior features of note: south porch of brick with wood verge boards and pointed diaphragm arch of C18. West tower rebuilt in facsimile in 1900-1, its three- light west window with reticulated tracery; grouping of trefoiled arches and bell louvre to top stage, an unusual feature; two-light bell louvres to each of remaining top stages of tower. The nave is noteworthy for having been very little restored in the nineteenth century.

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TM 46 SWFRISTONCHURCH ROAD

4/8 Church of St Mary 7.12.66

GV II*

Parish church. Mainly C14 and C15, much restored C19 and early C20. C18 south porch. Flint, with cement render to nave and chancel and brick buttresses; plain tile roof. South porch of brick, pantiled roof. Early C14 west tower, entirely rebuilt 1900-1 as exact replica of old; 3 stages, diagonal stepped buttresses extending above parapet. West face has 3 trefoil and cinquefoil headed niches in upper stage; a further trefoil headed niche to upper face of each buttress. Nave south doorway is C12; south side of nave and chancel with windows of C13 and late C14/early C15. Nave has medieval arch-braced roof; chancel restored C19 with painted walls and ceiling. Fine wooden coat of arms of James I on north nave wall, restored. Early C17 pulpit; C17 holy table by main door. Graded for surviving medieval work.

Listing NGR: TM4135060488

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1287864

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Friston church

The church is built in flint with an aisless nave and short chancel. The west end of the nave dates from the 11th C. with roof timbers from about 1450.

The chancel was built around 1300 with a low arch from the nave. The east window is by Jane Patterson, 2002, depicting the ascension, in memory of Raphael Patterson (1977-1997) and was installed by Roger Barton.

The south porch is from 14th C. and has medieval graffiti.

In 1887 the church had become very dilapidated and the church was repaired and reopened in 1892.

The north transept was built in the mid 19th century, by Miss Anne Gilbert to provide additional seating and as a new home for the Selwyn monuments. There is a monument to Sir Thomas Selwyn and family, including three chrisom children. There is also a brass to Thomas Selwyn and wife.

The north window depicts the Annunciation by Marguerite Thompson from 1960.

The churchyard contains the grave of composer Frank Bridge.

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Church of St Nicholas, Lynn Road, Gayton

Grade I Listed

List Entry Number 1077638

GAYTON LYNN ROAD TF 71 NW (south side) 6/26 Church of St. Nicholas 15.8.60 I Parish church, C14, restored 1850. Mainly flint with some carstone and a few erratics. Stone dressings lead roof. West tower, nave, north and south aisles, chancel, south porch. Tall 4-stage tower with short diagonal buttresses and stone plinth; tall west window with Y tracery; second stage with small quatrefoil sound holes, clock face to west, string course above. Third stage with Y tracery bell openings, steep gable line of former roof to east having blocked square opening within, string course above; 4th stage with 2-light bell openings of reticulated tracery; string course to parapet above with gargoyle to south and west, that to north lost. Embattled parapet with some flushwork panelling, angle pinnacles of seated evangelistic symbols holding shields. Pitch covered dome with octagonal stone block having windvane finial. Nave: east gable with blocked lancet; north and south clerestoreys alike of 4 openings, 2 cusped lights with trefoil under semi- circular head alternating with circular openings with quatrefoils. North aisle with slate roof, diagonal buttresses at angles and 3 stepped buttresses; 3 Y tracery openings, that to left wide, that to right cusped; west return with similar opening; north doorway with continuous double roll moulding. Oval window to east return with quatrefoil and eyelets. South aisle similar to north but with 2 buttresses, the central opening with cusped Y tracery, west return with cusped Y tracery opening having a trefoil with small dagger eyelet between the lights. South porch of flint with some dressed limestone, gabled pantile roof with parapet, sundial of 1604 to apex; semi-circular porch arch with continuous hollow chamfered and roll mouldings; double cusp-headed lights under a segmental head to returns; clasping purlin roof; south doorway as north. Chancel with tiled roof, diagonal buttresses; C19 3-light east window with panel tracery with blocked opening of earlier larger window; north and south chancel each with buttress and 2 2-light openings having panel tracery renewed; each with central priest's door, that to north blocked, under pointed segmental head, that to south with figure stops to hood mould. Interior: nave: tall 4 bay arcade north and south with octagonal piers and double chamfered arches, chancel arch similar but lower with reduced imposts. 2-tier roof with moulded purlins and principal rafters, foliage bosses, other rafters renewed, hammer beams against tower and chancel walls. C14 octagonal font withquatrefoils to faces; square headed rear arch to oval window at east of north aisle; south aisle with aumbry. Chancel: arch-braced 3-tier roof of 1850 with foliage and heraldic bosses; Perpendicular piscina and sedilia with cusped heads to arcade; north priest's door with flower stops, oak dove over apex of east window. South aisle with trefoil headed piscina and corbel plinth to right of east window. Tower: tall double chamfered arch with gabled roof line above; hollow moulding to rear arch of tower window and west window of south aisles; tower dome in brick with 8 stone ribs having neither corbels nor central boss; 10-step newel stair at north-east angle to parapet.

Listing NGR: TF7302219262

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1077638

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The Parish Church of St Nicholas, Gayton

The date of the foundation of the church is not known, but according to the Rev. Charles Parkin (1689 – 1765), Rector of Oxborough, a Norfolk Historian of note, Hugh was Rector of Gayton during the reign of King Henry III (1216 – 1272). It is probable that the present church post-dates that time as the style of architecture is mainly “Decorated” rather than “Early English” and relates to the early 14th Century. The outside walls are made with natural flints set in lime mortar.

The Tower is remarkable for being so high without buttresses and for its unusual Dome and four Evangelists rather than the more usual pinnacles.

The unusual domed top to the tower is a special feature of Gayton church tower which shows well from the roads approaching the village. On the four corners are the emblems of the evangelists, now much weathered. They are the winged man for St Matthew, a lion for St Mark, an ox for St Luke and an eagle for St John.

On the east face of the tower can be seen the line of a former roof of the nave, which was thatched.

Lower down, inside the nave, yet another roof line is to be found, one that matches a much lower tower to which the buttresses belong. Clearly the extra belfry was added to the tower when the church was enlarged with aisles and clerestory.

The lower belfry openings are simple Y tracery typical of around 1300 whilst the upper belfry has openings of the distinctive Decorated Period 1320 – 1350. Two bells survive from an original five, one dated 1623, the other 1663. The nave pews were installed in 1849 and those in the south aisle a little earlier. In 1842,Alexander Simpson donated the east and west windows and in 1852, the clock, which is in good working order to this day.

Nicholas Church at Gayton has stood at the centre of the village since the 13th century and is very much a part of village life. It is currently seeing a revival as, thanks to help from the Heritage Lottery Fund,the church building has been renovated in 2011 and is now well on the way to be a place for the community.

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