Architectural Features
C15, heavily restored 1845-50.
SO9904 : Daglingworth, The Holy Rood Church: The c15th tower
Nave with south porch, north aisle and west tower, chancel, C11 nave with long and short work rebated to give the appearance of a pilaster, at each corner (except the north west).
Nave south wall (from left to right: small narrow round-head window (probably C12) now blocked
Narrow C11 round-headed doorway within porch with imposts with cable decoration
C11 mass dial with raised circular margin above the door.
C15 studded door with fillets
Possibly C15 pointed 2-light window with hollow-chamfered mullion to the right of the porch.
C19 chancel with reused C11 long and short work (rebated to resemble pilasters) at the east end.
Pointed 3-light east window with tracery and scroll- moulded hood with stops in the form of angels.
C15 two stage tower with diagonal buttresses and a moulded plinth: 2-light pointed window with a hollow-chamfered mullion quatrefoil and moulded hood with square stops on the west
narrow flat-chamfered Tudor-arched doorway up 2 stone steps on the south
C15 gabled porch with early plank door with strap hinges within a round-headed surround with large dressed stone jambs and imposts
SO9904 : Daglingworth, The Holy Rood Church: The M. Giles Hancock brass
flagstone floor with four brass plaques now reset in the north wall of the chancel.
Four C11 carved stone slabs (formerly built into the chancel arch) decorated with figures carved in relief in the Syrian tradition, reset in the walls of the nave and north aisle, those on the east wall of the nave above the pulpit and that to the right of the south door depict Christ crucified.
This is the tower of this ancient Saxon church. The interior carvings are similar in character to those here http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/SU2098?class=Church+Interior There is an informative website for Holy Rood church here http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/DaglingworthPhotos.html
Furniture and fittings: C15 octagonal font with quatrefoil, four-leafed flower and Tudor rose decoration, inside the south door
SO9904 : Daglingworth, The Holy Rood Church: The octagonal c15th font, detail of green man
C19 pews, reading desk and pulpit
Monuments on south wall of nave from left to right: monument erected by Mary Webb in 1731 to members of the King and Webb families with highly ornate oval surround decorated with cherubs, fruit and flowers and drapery with four skulls at the bottom and four cherubs' heads and a flaming grail at the top.
This monument was formerly highlighted in gold and black paint
monument to the right to Giles Haynes, died 1743 and Sarah his wife, died 1751 with grey painted marbled decoration and a broken pediment containing a painted heraldic shield
small white and grey marble monument over the south door to Thomas Hancock, died 1761 and Elizabeth his wife, died 1774 with urn in relief
white on grey marble monument to the right of the latter to Giles Haines, died 1805 and other members of that family, with reeded marginal panels and decorated entablature.
The upper part of the monument is decorated with foliate decoration and three engaged urn finials
white on grey marble (by Mills of Cirencester) monument to the right of the latter to Edmund Hinton died 1773 and Ann his wife died 1758 with a single engaged urn and scrollwork decoration by Franklin of Cirencester
white on grey marble monument to the right of the latter to John Haines, died 1771 and other members of that family with fluted marginal panels and three engaged urn finials by Mills of Cirencester.
Nave north wall: simple C18 monument at the west end to members of the Ashmead family with scrollwork decoration at the top and hanging bellflower decoration down the sides
monument towards the west end of the nave to Jeremiah Hancock of London, died 1730 with inscription in gold and a double scroll and foliate decoration at the top.
Stained glass: C15 fragment depicting the Prince of Wales's feathers in the tracery of the west window.
C19 stained glass figures in the east window are reset in clear glass.