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St Michael's Church, Duntisbourne Rouse

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44: 31: 51: 391:. There are small slit windows on the north and south sides. An inscription reads "THIS WAS BUILT BY JOHN HADEN MASON JOHN FREEMAN AND JOHN HOSKINS BEING WARDENS A.D. OI 1587". The church sits on a steep slope and there is a 723: 43: 430:. The doorway from the nave to the tower has a pointed arch. The tower has an internal staircase leading to its two bells; one from the 14th century and one from the 15th century. 360:
stonework on the north and east walls, and stone-slate roofs. There are doorways to the north (now blocked) and south. The south door has a triangular head and is covered by a
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heads and vine leaves; they date from the 15th century. It is not clear whether the misericords were originally installed in this church, or imported from elsewhere.
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that only survive in fragments, most complete on the north wall. It has a stylised masonry and six-petalled flower pattern. The choir stalls have
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on 26 November 1958. The Grade I listing is for buildings "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important".
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is from the 12th century and a tower was added in the 16th century. The church underwent restoration in the 1930s, by
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window with a square head, added in the 15th century. There are no windows in the north wall.
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The walls of the chancel were decorated in the early 13th century with paintings done in red
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Duntisbourne Rouse is one of a few settlements in the vicinity named after Dunt, a
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is hexagonal, constructed of carved wood, and there is an octagonal stone
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was donated to the church by the sisters of New Zealand modernist writer
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segmental arch. The south wall of the nave contains two
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and has timber panelling on the walls. It has panelled
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St Michael's Church, Duntisbourne Rouse is located in Gloucestershire
51°45′12″N 2°01′21″W / 51.7532°N 2.0226°W / 51.7532; -2.0226
OS grid reference
SO 9853406059
Denomination
Anglican
Parish church
Dedication
Saint Michael
Province
Canterbury
Diocese
Gloucester
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Anglican
Cotswold
Duntisbourne Rouse
Gloucestershire
listed building
parish church
Diocese of Gloucester
archdeaconry
Cheltenham
deanery
Cirencester
Saxon
Norman conquest
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