Church of St Mary, Upper Swell

Church of St Mary
Church of St Mary
51.9398°N 1.7442°W / 51.9398; -1.7442
Denomination	Church of England
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed building
Designated	25 August 1960
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Gloucester
Benefice	Stow on the Wold, Condicote & The Swells

The Church of St Mary is an Anglican church in Upper Swell in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. It was built in the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building.[1]

History

The church was built in the 12th century and in the 13th the chancel was added.[1] During the 15th and early 16th centuries the nave was revised.[1]

The parish is part of the Stow on the Wold, Condicote and The Swells benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.[2]

Architecture

The Cotswold stone building has a stone slate roof. It consists of a three-bay nave and two-bay chancel with a south porch. The bellcote on the west gable has two bells.[1]

Inside the church is a 15th-century font and a piscina in the chancel.[1] There is a Norman doorway with a carved tympanum.[3] There is a mass dial on the jamb of the porch door.[3] The organ was built by Nicholson & Co Ltd in 1872.[4]

References

1. "Church of St Mary". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
2. "St Mary". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
3. Lees, Hilary (1998). Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds. Walnut Tree. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-0948251924.
4. Verey, David (2007). Cotswold Churches. The History Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-1845880286.