Architectural Features
moulded cornice with small carved faces and bats
Double studded C19 door within porch with a 4-centred arched surround with carved spandrels with shields and foliate decoration all within a rectangular casement-moulded surround behind a rere-arch with pierced spandrels.
Battlemented parapet with crocketed pinnacle at the south-east corner and string with large gargoyles (including a frog).
C13 chancel with roll-moulded corbels on the north and south.
C14 pointed 2-light window to the right with plate tracery and scroll-moulded hood
C12 belfry windows (now blocked) to the third stage, two retaining their central square- sectioned mullions and semi-circular lintels and hoods
Battlemented parapet with string with gargoyles.
C13/14 gabled porch with double-chamfered arched entrance (the inner arch spring from moulded corbels) and stopped hood.
Late C12 three-bay nave arcade with cruciform piers with corner shafts and bigger semi-circular responds to the arch openings and scalloped capitals.
The wall above the arcade was raised in the C15 to correspond with the south wall.
Late C12 depressed semi-circular tower arch of 3 orders.
Early panelled wagon roof resting on carved head and heraldic stone corbels to chancel.
encaustic tile to chancel.
C13 trefoil-headed piscina with roll- moulded surround in the south wall of the chance.
C12 limestone tub font inside the south door with blind arcading.
The tub font is 12th century. The parish church of St Andrew has parts from the 12th, 13th and 15th centuries with the nave north aisle being rebuilt in 1883. The chancel is 13th century, the south wall of the nave is 15th century. The tower is late 12th century with a 15th century fourth stage. The church has five fine tall 3-light Perpendicular windows and contains some fine monuments and a copy of the 'Breeches Bible'. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1090247 Lower, Middle and Upper Chedworth, without any distinct boundaries, sprawl over more than a mile along and above the broad valley of a tributary of the River Coln which is fed by many copious springs. The village is widely known for its Roman villa, one of the most extensive to be uncovered in England.
Niche containing the figure of the Madonna and child by Helen Rock c1911 in the north wall of the north aisle.
C18 wooden lectern with barley-twist column and caryatid figures at the bottom.
Monuments: marble monument to John and Elizabeth Ballinger, died 1789 and 1788 respectively, erected by Charles Ballinger of Chalford, clothier.
As in many churchyards, an area has been left unmaintained as a small nature reserve. The parish church of St Andrew has parts from the 12th, 13th and 15th centuries with the nave north aisle being rebuilt in 1883. The chancel is 13th century, the south wall of the nave is 15th century. The tower is late 12th century with a 15th century fourth stage. The church has five fine tall 3-light Perpendicular windows and contains some fine monuments and a copy of the 'Breeches Bible'. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1090247 Lower, Middle and Upper Chedworth, without any distinct boundaries, sprawl over more than a mile along and above the broad valley of a tributary of the River Coln which is fed by many copious springs. The village is widely known for its Roman villa, one of the most extensive to be uncovered in England.
Marble monument to Anne Eliza wife of Revd Cornelius Pitt, curate, died 1825 and the Revd Cornelius Pitt, died 1840, by Emmanuel Bridges of Chedworth.
Monuments at the base of tower: two C18 monuments on the west wall, one to Thomas Rogers, died 1742 and other members of that family with faded inscription and cartouche- like surround with 3 cherub heads, formerly with 3 ball finials at the top.
Monument to John, son of Thomas Rogers and Dennis, his wife, died 1724 on the north wall with a cartouche-like surround with single cherub's head at the top, formerly with a single ball finial.
Monument to George Nelson, former curate, died 1811 on the south wall
Stained glass: C15 stained glass on the partly blocked lancet window in the north wall of the chancel depicting 'the man in the moon', Tudor roses, stars and a crown
fragments of similar glass reset in the base of one of the south chancel windows.
C19 stained glass in the remaining chancel windows. (V.C.H. Glos. Vol VII, p173