Historic Churches in Gloucestershire

St John's church stands beside the manor house in the Cotswold village of Great Rissington. The church is essentially a 12th-century building. Highlights include the 16th-century Barnarde memorial, 3 Norman coffin lids, 13th-century windows, and a restored 15th-century font.
Great Rissington, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England

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A 12th-century church in an idyllic village setting. There is a Norman door and tympanum, and two unusual squints on either side of the chancel opening. Fragments of 14th and 15th-century wall paintings decorate the nave.
Great Washbourne, Gloucestershire, England, GL20 7AR

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Heritage Highlight: Two Norman doorways, carved tympanum, and early wall paintings
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St Michael's and All Angels is primarily a Norman building, with a beautifully carved south door. Indeed, the door is one of the few remaining pieces of Norman architecture, for the church was heavily remodelled in the 13th and 15th centuries.
Church Lane, Guiting Power, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, GL54 5XA

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Heritage Highlight: Superb Norman south doorway and Saxon child's coffin
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A small Norman church opposite medieval Hailes Abbey. The church (dedication unknown) is worth visiting for its very fine 13th-century wall paintings. On the south wall is a scene showing a huntsman with three hounds pursuing a hare. There is medieval stained glass in the chancel, which is covered in wall paintings. The church stands within a medieval ringwork.
Hailes, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, GL54 5PB

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Heritage Highlight: Wonderful collection of pre-1300 wall paintings.
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St George's church, Hampnett, is a lovely country church, dating to the 12th century. The church was restored in the Victorian period by GE Street, but the real reason to visit St George's is to see the striking Victorian stencil decoration that seems to cover every surface. The stencilling was added by Rev. W. Wiggin around 1871. It's not what you expect to see in a Cotswold church, but it certainly is eye-catching!
Hampnett, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, GL54 3NW

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Heritage Highlight: Amazing Victorian stencil decoration
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A 12th-century church in an idyllic Cotswold village setting. Much restored in the Victorian era, but retains a Norman doorway, 14th-century porch, 12th-century chancel arch and a peculiar 12th-century corbel head projecting from the north chancel wall.
Hazleton, Gloucestershire, England, GL54 4EB

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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century corbel, 13th-century font
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St Mary's Church in Kempley is an isolated 12th-century church famous for its collection of superb medieval wall paintings. St Mary also features the oldest open roof in north-west Europe, and a door thought to be the oldest in Britain still in use. Well worth a visit.
Kempley, Gloucestershire, England

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St Mary's church stands on the north bank of the River Thames, near an ancient ford. The striking Perpendicular tower was built by John of Gaunt, and the tower ceiling is painted with heraldic designs. Nailed to the door of the church is a horseshoe lost by the Earl of Lancaster's horse as the Earl rode off to war in the mid-14th century.
Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England, GL7 4ET

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Heritage Highlight: John of Gaunt's tower and the Earl of Lancaster's horseshoe
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The late Saxon tower of St Oswald's is all that remains of the old parish church of Lassington. The church must predate the Norman Conquest, but the earliest mention of it is a reference to a ceremony of rededication in 1095.
Lassington Lane, Highnam, Lassington, Gloucestershire, England, GL2 8DH

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A lovely little country church of Cotswold stone, St Peter's retains quite a few Norman features. The tower is 12th century, and there are Georgian wall paintings in the interior, and fragments of 14th-century stained glass, but the most interesting historical feature is the beautifully carved south door.
Little Barrington, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, OX18

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Heritage Highlight: Norman tympanum set into the north wall
Photos of Little Barrington, St Peter's Church
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