St Swithun

C14 additions and alterations

C12 north doorway with two orders of chevron-enriched round arches

Fragment of a c12th capital seemingly representing three prophets holding a long scroll sitting beneath an arcade on grotesque corbels.

© Michael Garlick

Part of C12 carved capital reset in niche over doorway.

Early C14 porch with pointed arch in offset-buttressed parapet gabled wall.

C12 round-arched window to right of porch.

To left two C14 Decorated nave windows

one larger C15 window with Perpendicular tracery.

Parapet gabled west end with C12 doorway as to north

C15 Perpendicular west window over.

Single round-arched C12 window to south and west walls of south transept

C15 four-centred arched doorway on west side of transept gave further access to cloister.

C14 Decorated west window

large C15 Perpendicular north window to north transept with flat clasping buttresses reinforced by C19 offset buttresses.

C14 east chancel window with intersecting tracery

flat buttresses to side walls and C14 Decorated windows.

Large rectangular crossing tower has C12 lower stage with later belfry, probably late C13, having two lancet openings with timber louvres to each face except north.

Segmental inner arches to C12 doorways and deep splays to C12 windows.

Two C14 mortuary recesses in south nave wall, one altered by insertion of pointed-arched rood loft doorway.

Western piers have been rebuilt, but eastern are original, one having fine floral carving to capital.

Some remnants of medieval painting on chancel arch

Attached column shafts for former two-bay cross-vaulted roof, the large shafts to each wall having carved capitals, south depicting the Nativity, north the washing of Christ's feet.

Carved string course at sill level matches that over segmental-arched north aumbry, presumably C12.

Reset carved tympanum depicting Adam, Eve and the Serpent over further aumbry to south

C17 communion rail with turned balusters.

C20 timber pulpit

early C18 stone pedestal font.

to right Greek sarcophagus monument by Greenways of Bristol to Robert Sandford, died 1804.

Royal arms over west door.

Stained glass to west window of 1922 by Morris and Company.

Originally the church formed part of an Augustinian priory founded by Roger de Berkeley between 1121 and 1129.

Remains of the priory buildings and the earlier Saxon church stand to south and west (q.v.).