Weight: 499 lbs Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Charles & George Mears 1845
Dove Bell ID: 54141 Tower ID: 20204 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Frampton Mansell: St Luke
Diocese of Gloucester
Church, 616298
http://www.thamesheadchurches.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: SO 921 26
From the approach the church looks particularly Italian, with its Romanesque tower rising above yew trees, and it is also reminiscent of Hoarwithy in Herefordshire, which occupies a similarly rural setting. It is one of a series of churches in this part of Gloucestershire in the neo-Norman style built about this time.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Rectangular nave of five bays, no aisles, south-west tower; apsidal chancel.
Footprint of Church buildings: 168 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The church was designed by J. Parish and built in 1844.
Exterior Description
From the approach the church looks particularly Italian, with its Romanesque tower rising above yew trees, and it is also reminiscent of Hoarwithy in Herefordshire, which occupies a similarly rural setting. It is one of a series of churches in this part of Gloucestershire in the neo-Norman style built about this time.
The tower is of three unequal stages, the lowest much the tallest and with a round-headed doorway in the south wall facing the straight path down from the road. This stage is otherwise blind with a single narrow light in the west wall and clasping buttresses at the angles. The next stage is set back a little and has a narrow light in the south wall, and the uppermost stage has paired round-headed openings on pillars with cushion capitals in each face without louvres. At the wall head is a boldly projecting corbel-table above which rises pyramidal tiled cap terminating in an iron vane with a weathercock.
Apart from the bay where the tower abuts (the western on the a south side), the nave has single large round-headed windows in each bay with pilaster strips dividing one from the next. The windows are set high in the wall above a stringcourse which encircles the whole building (including the apse) and above each light is an incarved corbel-table. At each corner are clasping buttresses and the apse has similar, though narrower, windows in each of five bays. The west nave wall has three round-headed lights, the central one taller than the outer pair.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
In the chancel five small lights representing Christ and The Four Evangelists, of unknown date.
Stained Glass
The nave windows have brightly coloured geometrical patterns.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior of the church is very plain, with whitewashed walls and stone-paved floor. The windows have plain reveals and the roof timbers are supported on stone corbels carved with grotesque heads with consider able feeling for the spirit of genuine Norman work. The massive font at the west end is of stone, as is the pulpit in the south-east corner, while the lectern is of timber. The organ stands opposite the door, in the north west corner of the nave. The chancel arch is tall with chamfered imposts and one order of cusped decoration round the arch. The chancel beyond is rather dignified, with stone ribs dividing a semi-circular plaster vault. The ribs rest on colonettes with cushion capitals themselves supported on carved corbels at the level of a dado. The floor is two steps above the level of the nave.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
The altar is of oak, Neo-Romanesque to fit the building.
Pulpit
The pulpit is large, of stone, three sides of a hexagon in plan with the sacred monogram and cross in relief within panels, neo-Romanesque, doubtless of the date of the church.
Lectern
The lectern is really no more than the priest's stall incorporating a reading desk, all of timber with round-hooded arcading.
Font (object)
The font is huge, of stone, twelve sided on a circular moulded stem.
Organ (object)
The organ was originally built by Nicholson and Lord of Walsall, a small two- manual instrument erected in Holy Cross church Ollerton on 31st March 1878 and rebuilt here.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: SO 921 26
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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