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St Andrew and St Bartholomew

St Andrew And St Bartholomew

Ashleworth

Gloucestershire

C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, 1869 restoration and north transept by T. Fulljames for Rev. Attwood.

Architectural Features

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.

Late C18 benefactions board under tower, 1615 brass in transept, Creed and Decalogue on unequal metal plates at west end nave.

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.