Church of St Bartholomew, Notgrove

The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew at Notgrove in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.[1]

Church of St Bartholomew
Church of St Bartholomew
DenominationChurch of England
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Administration
DioceseGloucester
ProvinceCanterbury

History

The church was built in the 12th century with major revision and expansion in the 14th.[2] It underwent Victorian restoration between 1871 and 1873.[2]

It was dedicated to St Mary but this was changed in the 18th century to St Bartholomew.[2]

The parish id part of the Northleach benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.[3]

Architecture

The limestone building consists of a chancel with vestry, a nave with a north transept, and north aisle. The west tower has a spire.[2]

On the south wall of the tower is a sundial with a ‘Fleur de lys’ design on the gnomon.[4] The exterior wall of the chancel is a carving showing the crucification which is believed to date from the 14th century.[5]

The interior of the church includes a 12th-century-font, 17th century pulpit and a chancel screen which 14th- or 15th-century carving.[2] Some of the pews date back to the reign of Elizabeth I.[6] Behind the altar is a 14th-century reredos which has been defaced at some time.[7]

There is some old stained glass but most is made by Clayton and Bell in the Victorian era.[7] Many effiges and tombs are of the Whittington family who were the Lord of the manor,[1] including the descendants of Richard Whittington (Dick Whittington).[8]

References
  1. "Church of St. Bartholomew". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. "Parishes: Notgrove Pages 145-155 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 9, Bradley Hundred. The Northleach Area of the Cotswolds". British History Online. Victoria County History. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. "St Bartholomew". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. "Church of St Bartholomew, Notgrove Nr Northleach". Sundial society. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  5. "Notgrove, Gloucestershire". The Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. "St Bartholomew, Notgrove". Northleach Benefice. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. Ross, David. "Notgrove, St Bartholomew's Church". Britain Express. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  8. Betjeman, John (1958). Collins Guide to English Parish Churches. Collins. p. 175.
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