
Ashleworth
Gloucestershire
C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, 1869 restoration and north transept by T. Fulljames for Rev. Attwood.
Battlemented parapet with 2 gargoyles from string course below.
Interior: No ridge piece in any medieval roof.
Porch, stone bench each side, C16 boarded door, original hinges, angle-strut truss each end, one pair purlins, curved windbraces.
Chancel plastered: lancets in C19 recess on left: wide arch to south side, trefoil-headed piscina, square aumbry: arch-braced collar rafter roof, but braces removed on south side when chancel widened on building of south aisle, C15.
South chancel aisle unplastered, ogee-headed piscina, 2 ballflower, oak-leaf carving beneath: base of stairs to rood screen.
Wooden C15 rood screen reset in south side, partly C19 restoration: 6 lights each side central doorway, brackets carry boarded platform over.
Pulpit said to contain reused carved c1635 panels, but appears to be all 1894 (for Rev R Marchant).
Two medieval chests.
Octagonal stone C19 font, quatrefoils on bowl, blind panelling stem: pews C19, linenfold panelling to ends.
Royal arms Elizabeth I in south aisle, a very early survival.
A little medieval glass in south chancel aisle window: east window by A. Gibbs, 1865, east aisle window 1874, commemorates T. Fulljames.
Nine brass hanging lamps, glass globe and flue for oil, converted to electricity.