Church of St Mary, Upper Swell
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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 | |
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51.9398°N 1.7442°W | |
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 |
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]
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]
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