- St Arild's Church, Oldbury-on-the-Hill
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St Arild's Church, Oldbury-on-the-Hill 
St Arild's Church, Oldbury-on-the-Hill, from the northwestLocation in Gloucestershire
St Arild's Church, Oldbury-on-the-HillCoordinates: 51°35′33″N 2°15′47″W / 51.5926°N 2.2630°W OS grid reference ST 818 882 Location Oldbury-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust History Dedication Saint Arild Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 6 September 1964 Architectural type Church Style Gothic Groundbreaking 13th century Specifications Materials Stone, stone slate roof St Arild's Church, Oldbury-on-the-Hill, is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Oldbury-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church is dedicated to Arilda, a female saint who was a virgin and a martyr. This is one of only two churches dedicated to her, the other being nearby at Oldbury-on-Severn.[3] Access to the church is across fields or through a farmyard.[2]
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History
The church originated in the 13th century,[2] although most of its fabric dates from the late 15th or early 16th century.[1] Repairs were carried out in the 18th century.[2]
Architecture
St Arild's is constructed in stone with a stone slate roof.[1] Its style is Perpendicular.[2] The plan consists of a nave and chancel, with a small north porch, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages divided by string courses, with diagonal stepped buttresses in the lowest stage. Also in the lowest stage is a two-light arched west window. The middle stage has a small lancet window on the west side, and on all sides in the highest stage are two-light louvred bell openings. At the top of the tower is a battlemented parapet. The north porch is gabled, and in the north wall is a three-light ogee-headed window. On the south side of the nave are four windows of different types. The east window in the chancel has a three-light window containing Decorated (geometrical) tracery.[1]
Internally there is a tall pointed tower arch. The ceiling is plain and plastered. Some 18th-century box pews are still present on the south side of the church, and there is also a two-tier pulpit.[1]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands
References
- ^ a b c d e "Church of St Arild, Didmarton", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1089732, retrieved 20 May 2011
- ^ a b c d e St Arild's Church, Oldbury-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Arilds-Church-OldburyontheHill-Gloucestershire/, retrieved 29 March 2011
- ^ Bradshaw, Jane (1998), St Arilda of Oldbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, University of Bath, http://people.bath.ac.uk/liskmj/living-spring/sourcearchive/ns5/ns5jb1.htm, retrieved 25 October 2010
External links
Categories:- Grade II* listed buildings in Gloucestershire
- Grade II* listed churches
- Church of England churches in Gloucestershire
- 13th-century church buildings
- English Gothic architecture
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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