Church of St Lawrence, Mickleton

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

Church of St Lawrence
Church of St Lawrence
DenominationChurch of England
Websitewww.stjameschurchcampden.co.uk/mickletonparish.htm
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Designated25 August 1960
Administration
BeneficeVale and Cotswold Edge
DioceseGloucester
ProvinceCanterbury

History

There is some evidence of a church in Mickleton by 960 but the current building was started in the 12th century.[2] The nave was extended in the 13th or 14th century and in the 14th century the tower was added.[1] A Victorian restoration was carried out by Frederick Preedy in 1868.[3]

The parish is part of the Vale and Cotswold Edge benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.[4]

Architecture

The stone building has a tiled roof.

The tower has eight bells the oldest of which date from 1668.[5][6] An attempt has been made to date the bellframe using tree-ring analysis however this was inconclusive.[7] They were rehung in 1954 in an iron frame.[3]

A sundial over the door of the south porch with a Latin inscription. The organ dates from 1853 but the organ loft was added in 1931.[3]

The church contains a memorial to Utrecia Smith, the daughter of a curate of Mickleton whose father was also a schoolmaster. Utrecia had been the fiancée of the writer Richard Graves (who broke off their engagement); she died in 1744 aged 30.[8] There is also a memorial plaque to residents of the village who died in World War I.[9]

The pulpit is Jacobean and the font from the 15th century.[3] Most of the stained glass is from the 19th century.[10]

References
  1. "Church of St. Lawrence". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. "St Lawrence's Church - at the heart of Mickleton". Mickleton. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. "St Lawrence's Church Mickleton". St James Church, Chipping Campden. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. "St Lawrence". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. "Mickleton S Lawrence". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. "Mickleton, St Lawrence". Merrix.eu. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. Bridge, Martin (2012). "Tree-Ring analysis of timbers from the bellframe". English Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. Evans, Herbert A. (1927) Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds. London: Macmillan; p. 217
  9. "Mickleton WW1 memorial Tablet". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. Dawson, Fred. "St. Lawrence's Church The Windows". Mickleton Community Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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