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St Mary

St Mary

Edgeworth

Gloucestershire

Possibly C11, enlarged with late C12 chancel

Architectural Features

C14 tower

heavily restored C13 porch has moulders pointed arch springing from stone corbel brackets with nailhead enrichment

to right of porch break in masonry indicates late C12 enlargement of nave

Single small round-headed Norman east window to chancel with C19 triplet inserted above which breaks string course

corbel table to eaves has extensive set of Norman grotesques.

Carved heads linked by moulded string course below belfry

Crenallated parapet with diagonal carved corner gargoyles below linked by moulded string course also embellished with carved animal heads central to tower faces.

C14 pointed tower arch

moulded pointed chancel arch probably also c14, with surviving Tudor-arched head to high level rood loft doorway at top of stone stairs leading from north side of chancel arch

C19 octagonal pulpit has moulded stone base and carved panelling above, dated 1885.

C15 stone font with octagonal bowl decorated with quatrefoil on each face and cinquefoils on pedestal.

Some C15 bench ends with 3 carved poppyheads

Stained-glass window in St Mary's church, Edgeworth.

Small lancet in north chancel wall has C14 stained glass depicting a bishop

Stained-glass window in St Mary's church, Edgeworth.

© Philip Halling

otherwise glass is mostly C19.