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St Mary Magdalene

St Mary Magdalene

Uckington

Gloucestershire

Cl5 Perpendicular, C19 porch and vestry, nave and south aisle, restored 1871-8 by John Middleton.

Architectural Features

A carved stone reredos of eight saints and Christ in tabernacle in the centre behind the altar in St Mary Magdalene church, Elmstone Hardwicke.  The reredos was erested in 1886.

C19 three-light window with reused carved man's head and lamb's head either side at the west end.

A carved stone reredos of eight saints and Christ in tabernacle in the centre behind the altar in St Mary Magdalene church, Elmstone Hardwicke. The reredos was erested in 1886.

© Philip Halling

C14 east window with flowing tracery and hood with head stops retained at the east end.

Carved heads either side of lintel.

Early plank door with strap hinges on the west side within a moulded Tudor-arched surround with moulded hood and square stops.

Three-light Perpendicular window above with hood with crudely carved head stops.

Three-light belfry windows with stone louvres and hoods with crudely carved figural stops.

Niche containing an eroded figure (probably of Our Lady) below the west facing belfry window.

Battlemented parapet with moulded string and gargoyles at each corner.

Five-bay nave arcade, two western bays of which are C12 with plain arches (one wide with a round head, one narrow and pointed) on rectangular piers with chamfered imposts.

Coloured tile floor to the nave except in the south-west corner where the floor comprises flagstones and ledgers.

C13 piscina with a pointed surround with a deep flat chamfer, another in the sanctuary.

Massive elaborately carved stone reredos, erected 1886 with the figures of eight saints under crocketed canopies with pinnacles and a tabernacle.

C15 screen with finely carved five petal flowers.

C15 pulpit with panels decorated with blind Perpendicular tracery.

A 15th century font in St mary Magdalene church, Elmstone Hardwicke.

Cl5 octagonal limestone font with panels containing quatrefoils with 4-petal flowers and roses at the centre of each.

A 15th century font in St mary Magdalene church, Elmstone Hardwicke.

© Philip Halling

C9 carved octagonal stone under the west end of the nave arcade.

The stone is 0.7m in height with a double spiral motif on 3 sides, the upper part is chamfered inwards with a square mortice hole at the top (q.v. font at Deerhurst Church).

Monuments

south aisle, seven C19 white on black marble monuments, one C18 grey marble monument.

Nearly all the monuments in the south aisle are to members of the Buckle family.

single simple marble monument to Captain Byron, died 1878 and other members of that family.

Chancel single marble monument to John Buckle Esquire of the Moat House, died 1858.