Tetbury, Gloucestershire, Photos of St Mary the Virgin Church
Here are a few photos from a recent Spring visit to St Mary the
Virgin church in Tetbury. Its an intriguing church, full of interesting historical
detail, especially as regards the earliest flowerings of Gothic revival architecture
in England.
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The view of Tetbury from the south. The mound in the right of the photo is a suspected Iron Age hill fort, while the church is built on the presumed site of a 7th century Saxon monastery.
St Mary the Virgin church, one of the best examples of Georgian Gothic in the country. The church sits on the site of a Saxon monastery dating to the 7th century.
This fanciful tomb stands outside the northeast corner of the church
An unusual pyramidal table tomb in the churchyard. Tetbury has quite a large number of these table tombs, which were most popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The nave of St Mary the Virgin. The Georgian rebuilding (1777-1781) created a remarkably airy and spacious interior. Note the oak box pews.
The worn and battered effigy of Sir William de Braose, at the northeast end of the nave. De Braose was a benefactor of Tetbury and the man most responsible for the town's growth in the medieval period.
Effigy of a 16th century nobleman, north ambulatory
One of two 16th century Gastrell family effigies in the north ambulatory
This effigy of a medieval wool merchant stands upright in the north ambulatory
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