The finely-carved fifteenth-century veranda-type stone screen and finely-moulded chancel arch of the Church of St Swithun in Compton Bassett

Date:: 1880 - 1910

Location:: St Swithin's Church, Compton Bassett, Wiltshire

Reference:: OP19753

Type:: Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print)

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Description

This Anglican Parish Church dates to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, with side chapels added by the architect Henry Woodyer in 1865.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project. Accessioned into the collection of the National Monuments Record on the 1st April 1964.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/45 Early Photographic Print Collection: Wiltshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Bessant, J A

Keywords

Screen, Chancel Arch, Chancel, Medieval Parish Church