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St Catherine

Wormington

Gloucestershire

Reputed to have been built by the Abbot of Hailes in 1475, probably on the site of a C12 church

Architectural Features

Five C12 corbels below the bell turret including bears' heads and a pair of human faces.

C14 chancel arch with an almost round head and a continuous double flat chamfer

wide moulded C19 Tudor-arched opening with engaged columns forming the jambs from the chancel to the vestry

Anglo-Saxon stone.

C15 octagonal stone font with blind quatrefoils on each side.

octagonal oak pulpit with small fielded panels and communion rail with turned balusters and lozenge decoration where installed and presumably designed by Ernest Gimson in 1926.

Rebuilt C17 oak choir stalls incorporating large C17 carved panels with nulling

guilloche decoration and C15 stall ends with blind crocketed arches.

Mid-late C17 carved oak chair and mid-late C18 chair in chancel.

C17 carved oak chest in vestry.

Two late C17-early C18 chairs with pierced backs and restored seats in the sanctuary.

Stained glass east window by William Morris and Co. in memory of Francis Clayton of Birmingham, died 1912.

Some well preserved fragments of C15 glass in the westernmost window of the north and south aisles.

Monuments on chancel north wall from left to right: brass memorial plaque of 1900

slatestone monument to John Partridge, former Rector, died 1775

slatestone monument with decorative border to James Partridge, former Rector, died 1734, inscriptions exfoliating at time of resurvey - March 1987.

early C15 incised grave slab, depicting a man flanked by two wives with a very worn inscription round the border.

Brass to Anne Savage, died 1605 showing an interesting representation of a lady's bed chamber and dress at the beginning of the C17, two heraldic shields either side.

White and black marble monument to Hon Mary Gist, died 1844 and two other similar C19 tablets by Lewis of Cheltenham.

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