Church of the Holy Rood , Daglingworth

The Anglican Church of the Holy Rood at Daglingworth in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 11th century. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

Church of the Holy Rood
Church of the Holy Rood
DenominationChurch of England
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Designated26 November 1958
Administration
BeneficeErmin West
DioceseGloucester
ProvinceCanterbury

History

The church was built in the 11th century and extended, including the tower, in the 15th.[1] A Victorian restoration, between 1845 and 1850, included the addition of the north aisle and rebuilding the chancel.[2]

Architecture

The limestone building had stone slate roofs. It consists of a nave with south porch, chancel, north aisle and west tower.[1] The tower contains four bells, the oldest of which date from 1720.[3]

The nave was divided by a cross wall, with a loft for the priest above, but this was removed in the 19th century.[3] There is an organ above the chancel arch.[4]

A series of Saxon carvings, including one of the crucifixion, were rediscovered during rebuilding work in 1850.[4] They predate the Norman conquest and follow the Syrian tradition.[3] They are dated to around 1050.[5] The carvings were originally built into the chancel arch and are now in the nave.[6]

The previous altar is Romanesque,[7] and now used as a credence table.[3] The font is from the 15th century, and includes a carving of the Green Man.[3] The south porch was built in the 15th century and contains a Saxon sundial.[8]

In the churchyard the remains of steps and shaft of a medieval cross can be seen.[3][9]

References
  1. "Church of the Holy Rood". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. "History of Church of The Holy Rood, Daglingworth". Ermin West Benefice. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. "Church". Daglingworth. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. "Holy Rood Church, Daglingworth, Gloucestershire". English Churches. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. Moriarty, Denis (1989). Buildings of the Cotswolds. Gollancz. pp. 90–92. ISBN 978-0575040595.
  6. Lees, Hilary (1998). Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds. Walnut Tree. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-0948251924.
  7. "Holy Rood, Daglingworth, Gloucestershire". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. "Daglingworth". Great English Churches. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  9. "Churchyard Cross in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Rood". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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