All Saints Church, Shorncote

All Saints Church, Shorncote

A very small stone church seen from the south with a prominent doorway, and a smaller chancel towards the right

All Saints Church, Shorncote, from the south
All Saints Church, Shorncote
Location in Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51°40′09″N 1°57′54″W / 51.6693°N 1.9649°W / 51.6693; -1.9649
OS grid reference SU 025 967
Location Shorncote, Gloucestershire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website Churches Conservation Trust
History
Dedication All Saints
Architecture
Functional status Redundant
Heritage designation Grade II*
Designated 26 November 1958
Architect(s) William Butterfield (restoration)
Architectural type Church
Style Norman, Gothic
Groundbreaking About 1170
Completed 14th century
Specifications
Materials Stone, stone slate roofs

All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Shorncote, 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) south of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2]

History

All Saints dates from about 1170. Alterations were made to it, including the addition of a bellcote, in the 14th century. The church was restored by William Butterfield in 1883.[2] The church was declared redundant on 1 July 1984, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 18 March 1987.[3]

Architecture

The church is in Norman style. It is constructed in stone rubble, with stone slate roofs. The plan consists of a nave with a north aisle and a south porch, and a small chancel. On the east gable of the nave is a double bellcote, over which is a pierced quatrefoil. In the west, south and east walls are two-light windows. The south doorway is Norman, with Early English capitals on the outer columns. On the south side of the chancel is a priest's door between two straight-headed Perpendicular windows.[1]

Inside the church are wagon roofs. The chancel arch is narrow and pointed and contains 15th-century gates.[4] The arch is decorated with Norman style carving.[5] The font is also Norman. In the chancel is a piscina and a credence shelf dating from the 14th century, and in the north wall is a 15th-century Easter Sepulchre.[1] On the chancel walls are medieval wall paintings depicting patterns and foliage. The pulpit dates from the early 18th century and has a tester suspended above it.[4] Also in the church are the Royal coat of arms carved in stone.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Somerford Keynes (1153975)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2013
  2. 1 2 3 All Saints' Church, Shorncote, Gloucestershire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 29 March 2011
  3. ↑ Diocese of Gloucester: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, retrieved 11 April 2011
  4. 1 2 Inside All Saints Church, Shorncote, GENUKI, retrieved 22 October 2010
  5. ↑ Shorncote, All Saints, Britain Express, retrieved 22 October 2010

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