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Church of St Kenelm

A Grade I Listed Building in Sapperton, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7294 / 51°43'45"N

Longitude: -2.0775 / 2°4'39"W

OS Eastings: 394743

OS Northings: 203409

OS Grid: SO947034

Mapcode National: GBR 2P8.HLC

Mapcode Global: VH950.YS2M

Plus Code: 9C3VPWHC+PX

Entry Name: Church of St Kenelm

Listing Date: 26 November 1958

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1089678

English Heritage Legacy ID: 128360

Also known as: St Kenelm's Church, Sapperton
St Kenelm's Church, Sapperton, Gloucestershire

ID on this website: 101089678

Location: St Kenelm's Church, Sapperton, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, GL7

County: Gloucestershire

District: Cotswold

Civil Parish: Sapperton

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Sapperton St Kenelm

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


SO 90 SW SAPPERTON SAPPERTON VILLAGE


1/84 Church of St. Kenelm
26.11.58

I


Parish Church. Early C12 foundation with some traces remaining in
north transept, crossing tower and nave and chancel roofs of C14,
alterations to north transept in C16, church largely rebuilt by
Atkyns family at beginning of C18. Squared and coursed rubble
stone, with nave and south transept of ashlar. Cotswold stone-
slate roof with coped gables surmounted with cross saddlestones and
additional cross finial to chancel gable only. Cruciform with
tower to east of transepts. Tower of 2 stages with off-sets,
double belfry openings with trefoil head on top stage, broach spire
and weathercock. South transept has twin gables with moulded
entrance doorway on left and animal head gargoyle between Nave
and chancel windows round-headed with some of original clear
greenish glass of early C18. 3-light east window with Decorated
tracery.
Interior: Tower supported on four C14 arches with ogee-arched tomb
recess under north arch. Font in south porch of C15 with
contemporary linen-fold benches adjacent. Carved pew ends,
panelling in south transept, gallery frontal and oak cornice all
came from Sapperton Park, demolished c1730. Very, fine collection
of monuments. In chancel, several C17 wall tablets, and one dated
1584. This tablet and a large monument to the Poole family, dated
1574, with a recumbent stone knight and Renaissance canopy, on east
wall of north transept, are by Gildo or Gildon of Hereford. Also
in north transept large Renaissance tomb of Sir Henry Poole, died
1616, with kneeling marble effigies of him and his family. In
south transept, monument to Sir Robert Atkyns, historian of
Gloucestershire, died 1711, by Edward Stanton. Reclining figure of
Atkyns under Ionic canopy with elaborate carved structure above and
long inscription at the back. (David Verey, Buildings of England,
Gloucestershire: the Cotswolds, 1979.) - -


Listing NGR: SO9474203410

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