- St Cosmas and St Damian's Church, Stretford
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St Cosmas and St Damian's Church, Stretford 
St Cosmas and St Damian's Church, Stretford,
from the southLocation in Herefordshire
St Cosmas and St Damian's Church, StretfordCoordinates: 52°11′50″N 2°48′56″W / 52.1971°N 2.8156°W OS grid reference SO 443 557 Location Stretford, Herefordshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade I Designated 2 September 1966 Architectural type Church Groundbreaking 12th century Completed 14th century Specifications Materials Stone, tile roof St Cosmas and St Damian's Church, Stretford, is a redundant Anglican church standing in a farmyard in Stretford, Herefordshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church is dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian who are patron saints of physicians and surgeons.[2]
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History
The church originates from the 12th century, it was extended in the 13th century, and partly rebuilt during the following century.[1] The roof was constructed in about 1540.[2] The church underwent a Victorian restoration in 1875 and further restoration in 1922.[1] The church was declared redundant on 1 December 1972, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 25 January 1974.[3]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is almost as wide as it is long.[2] It is constructed in coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings, and it has a machine-tile roof. Its plan consists of two naves and two chancels in parallel under a single roof, and a south porch. At the west end is a shingled bellcote with a small broach spire. In the north wall are a large lancet window, a small window with a semicircular head, and a blocked door with a semicircular head. The west window of the north nave has a two-light window with another circular window above it. The east window also has two lights. On the south side of the church are two lancet windows and a timber porch. At the entrance to the porch is an arch-braced tie-beam. The west window has two lights and the east window has three lights.[1]
Interior
Dividing the naves and chancels is a central arcade in three bays. In the north wall are two tomb recesses, each containing two effigies dating probably from the 14th century.[1] These are thought to represent members of the Delabere family who lived locally. The naves are divided from the chancels by two large 16th-century wooden screens. In the middle of the screens is a Jacobean pulpit.[2] Each screen is in two bays, with a central door.[1]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Monkland and Stretford", Heritage Gateway website (Heritage Gateway (English Heritage, Institute of Historic Building Conservation and ALGAO:England)), 2006, http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=149868&resourceID=5, retrieved 10 October 2010
- ^ a b c d e Church of St Cosmas & St Damian, Stretford, Herefordshire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St-Cosmas-St-Damian-Stretford-Herefordshire/, retrieved 29 March 2011
- ^ (PDF) Diocese of Hereford: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810649/hereford%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf, retrieved 11 April 2011
Categories:- Grade I listed buildings in Herefordshire
- Grade I listed churches
- Church of England churches in Herefordshire
- 12th-century church buildings
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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