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Glazeley: St Bartholomew
Diocese of Hereford
Church, 618279
http://www.stmaryshighley.co.ukOverview
Grid reference: SO 703 882
This is a small Victorian church, located at the southern end of a large churchyard on the edge of the hamlet of Glazeley. It was designed in the Decorated style by A W Blomfield to replace an earlier church, and completed in 1875. The buttressed nave has two 2-light and two single-light pointed windows in the north and south walls, and a pointed 4-light west window. Diagonal buttresses to each end. The south porch has a pointed arch to the entrance with continuous moulding, with similar south nave doorway.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave and slightly narrower chancel under a single roof, with fleche, south porch and north organ chamber/vestry.
Dimensions:
Nave c 10m (35ft) x 5m (16ft), chancel 6m x 4m.
Footprint of Church buildings: 216 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
There is a Bronze Age round barrow 65m to the south-west in the adjacent field, this is a landscape dotted with prehistoric monuments and early and Medieval field systems. The Medieval church was built in the 12th century, from which period the font outside the church survives, along with the coffin and slab and the two memorials within the church. The site is therefore of considerable archaeological potential for the earlier church, burials and possibly earlier archaeological remains of various periods.
It was demolished together with the church at Deuxhill in which parish the hamlet of Glazeley was, and the present building erected 1873-75 to a design by the loading Gothic revival architect A W Blomfield to replace both. The church is little changed since. The fleche was restored in 1964 by the Crook family, and the church was redecorated in 2002.
Exterior Description
This is a simple village church in the Decorated style, but with touches of quality. The buttressed nave has two 2-light and two single-light pointed windows in the north and south walls, and a pointed 4-light west window. Diagonal buttresses to each end. The south porch has a pointed arch to the entrance with continuous moulding, with similar south nave doorway. The square slated fleche is over the east end of the nave, and has timber-framed cusped arches in each face, and a weathervane. The chancel has 2-light and single-light south windows. The 3-light chancel east window has a stepped sill band. The organ chamber has a 2-light north window.
Building Fabric and Features
Nave
19th century
Chancel
19th century slightly narrower than nave
Porch
19th century south
Vestry
19th century north organ chamber / vestry
Spire
19th century fleche / spirelet
Stained Glass
1888
The east window shows the Adoration of the Shepherds, 1888 by C E Kempe.
Stained Glass
1925
The war-memorial nave north window is by Joseph Wilson Forster, 1925, commemorating James Cooke who died in 1917; a white-clad youth kneels before the transfigured Christ, in a scene taken from a verse by Lord Lytton; obvious use of portrait photos, very sentimental, a good example of the period and genre.
Building Materials
Sandstone
19th century rock faced grey sandstone
Stone
19th century freestone dressings and quoins
Tile
19th century roofs
Interior
Interior Description
Moving inside, the interior is plain but elegant, whitewashed. The nave has a 4-bay arched-brace roof on corbelled wall posts. Simple pews with plain square ends and moulded tops. The division between the nave and chancel is a full-height wooden screen with three tall arches, and a higher tier of arcading in the roof space, a fine piece.
The chancel has a keeled wagon roof of slender ribs, boarded behind. Two unequal arches, with central round pier and broad quadrant moulding, lead into vestry and organ chamber. The floors are quarry tiles to nave, with raised wooden floors below the pews. The tiled chancel floor is concealed by carpets.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
19th century oak altar table
Reredos
19th century small
Pulpit
19th century oak hexagonal pulpit with arcading
Lectern
19th century wooden
Font (component)
19th century quatrefoil shaped stone font, stem of clustered shafts
Plaque (component)
Various A brass to Thomas Wylde (died 1599), with small figures set in the sanctuary floor, covered in a strip of carpet. There is also a ledger slab at the west end of the nave under a bench, Latin inscription, 17th century. Several 20th century brass plaques.
Organ (component)
19th century Positive Organ Co, London
Rail
19th century communion rails, oak, quite plain with spaced balusters
Bells
Portable Furnishings and Artworks
Registers dating from 1654 (Deuxhill and Glazeley)
Churchyard
Grid reference: SO 703 882
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
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.
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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