Church of St Bartholomew
CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1091052
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1091052
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1961
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 08-Jun-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, CHURCH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Nympsfield
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 80097 00251
Details
In the entry for:-
SO 8000 NYMPSFIELD CHURCH STREET (south end)
17/325 Church of St Margaret (previously listed as 30.6.61 Church of St Bartholomew)
GV II*(Star)
The entry should be amended to read:
SO 8000 NYMPSFIELD CHURCH STREET (south end)
17/325 Church of St Bartholomew
30.6.61
GV II*(Star)
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SO 8000 NYMSPFIELD CHURCH STREET (south end)
17/325 Church of St Margaret (previously listed as 30.6.61 Church of St Bartholomew)
GV II*
Parish church. Late C15 tower. Church rebuilt 1861-63 by S.S. Teulon. Ashlar limestone tower, squared dressed limestone church; stone slate roof. Nave with north aisle and porch; west tower, chancel with south vestry. Parapet gabled north porch at west end of aisle, moulded pointed arched doorway with jamb shafts, hoodmould with carved stops, alternating ashlar and tufa voussoirs. Three paired lancets to aisle with offset buttresses. Four 2- light pointed plate traceried windows to south side of nave. Chancel has parapet gabled east end with 3-light plate traceried east window. All gables coped with carved saddle stones and cross finials. Zig-zag notching to stone ridge copings. Three-stage tower has full-height diagonal offset buttresses; octagonal stair turret in north east corner rising above main crenellated parapet. Moulded Tudor arched west doorway with carved spandrels, hoodmould with square carved stops. Three-light Perpendicular west window with continuous hoodmould over. Two-light Perpendicular belfry openings with quatrefoil-pierced stone screens. Carved gargoyles to parapet, 2 to each side. Interior: wagon nave roof; 3-bay pointed arched arcade with octagonal capitals to cylindrical piers. Tall pointed tower arch with jamb shafts. Moulded chancel arch supported on leaf-carved corbels. Panelled timber chancel ceiling. Rere-arch and jamb shafts to chancel window. Many fittings by Teulon, all showing his individual approach. Circular timber pulpit has panelling in curious frame, bracketed stone base. Hexagonal font, originally placed in tower, has 7 supporting base shafts; tall openwork spire top now placed in tower. Fine Baroque monument in tower with scrolled pediment, putti, death's head and surmounting escutcheon. Flanking Ionic columns. Inscribed to Mrs HEVENINGHAM BRIDGEMAN, wife of GEORGE BRIDGEMAN, died 1673. Reset memorial tablet to William Bridgeman, died 1696, has scrolled pediment top and escutcheon, mounted to left of tower arch. Windows have Teulon's characteristic caming, yellow glass with clear glass margins. One stained glass window, 1862 possibly by Powell. (M. Saunders, The Churches of S.S. Teulon, 1982; D. Verey, Cotswold Churches, 1976 and Gloucestershire: The Cotswold, 1979)
Listing NGR: SO8009700251
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 133121
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Saunders, M, The Churches of SS Teulon, (1982)
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1976)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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