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St Mary's Church, Shipton Solars

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31: 47: 305:. The church was at that time being used as a cow shed, its windows were blocked, and trees were growing through its roof. With the help of his wife, the rector repaired the church and reopened it the following year. Services were held during the summer months but the condition of the church deteriorated again, and the services were discontinued. In 1929 Ernest Francis Fieldhouse, the 54: 325:
in the Churches Conservation Trust on 15 July of that year. The trust commissioned an architect to organise a programme of repairs, in particular to make the building wind and weatherproof. As of 2010, the church is unlocked during the day, and it is cleaned and cared for by local residents.
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with a cinquefoil head. The east window has three lights and is Perpendicular in style. In the south wall of the chancel is a priest's doorway, standing between a partly blocked two-light window and a small lancet window. In the south wall of the nave is a doorway with a two-light Perpendicular
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window to its right. The west window has three lights, and again is in Perpendicular style. In the north wall of the nave is a doorway and a single-light window with a cinquefoil head. The bellcote has one bell and is surmounted by a cross
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dates from the 15th century, and consists of a plain octagonal bowl on an octagonal shaft. Around the walls of the church are monuments from the 17th and 18th centuries. The chancel windows contain 20th-century stained glass by
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The first record of a church on the site is that of a chapel in 1236. By the 17th century the fabric of the building had decayed, and the church was closed. In 1883 Rev Charles Pugh was appointed
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paintings of texts and inscriptions in the nave, and painted crosses in the nave and chancel. Over the chancel arch is painted the date 1212. The floor is
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from the internal walls. The church continued in occasional use during the 20th century, but was declared redundant in 2005, and
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A History of the County of Gloucester: Bradley hundred. The Northleach area of the Cotswolds
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List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands
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Herbert, N. M.; Cragoe, Carol Davidson; Jurica, A. R. J.; et al., eds. (2001),
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of the Fieldhouse family, and the southeast window includes a depiction of the
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are from the 17th century. On the wall in front of the pulpit is an
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at the west end. In the north wall of the chancel there is a single
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Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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Church of England church buildings in Gloucestershire
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A small, simple church seen from a distance showing the nave with a single bellcote, and a smaller chancel beyond
St Mary's Church, Shipton Sollars is located in Gloucestershire
51°51′54″N 1°57′22″W / 51.8649°N 1.9560°W / 51.8649; -1.9560
OS grid reference
SP 031 184
Shipton Solars
Gloucestershire
Denomination
Anglican

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Architect(s)
Church
Style
Gothic
Groundbreaking
Materials
Limestone
Cotswold stone
redundant
Anglican
Shipton Sollars
Gloucestershire
The Churches Conservation Trust
National Heritage List for England
listed building
rector
patron
benefice
nave

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