Church of St Mary, Upper Swell

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]

Church of St Mary
Church of St Mary
51.9398°N 1.7442°W / 51.9398; -1.7442
Denomination	Church of England
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed building
Designated	25 August 1960
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Gloucester
Benefice	Stow on the Wold, Condicote & The Swells

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

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.