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Abbey Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

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  • Abbey of St Mary: Norman nave; eight bays of huge drum piers; lierne vault, c.1340

  • Abbey of St Mary: choir credited to Eleanor de Clare, c.1340

  • Abbey of St Mary: lierne vault in the choir with Yorkist 'sun' bosses

  • Abbey of St Mary: 1340 east window; includes Hugh Despenser, executed in 1326

  • Abbey of St Mary: chantry chapel to Richard Beauchamp, c.1430; erected by Isabella Despenser, c.1430

  • Abbey of St Mary: Beauchamp chapel; upper lierne & lower fan vault

  • Abbey of St Mary: tomb of Hugh Despenser & Elizabeth Montacute, 1348

  • Abbey of St Mary: Edward Despenser, 1375

  • Abbey of St Mary: John Wakeman's cenotaph, d.1549; last abbot

  • Abbey of St Mary: site of the vault to George Duke of Clarence, executed 1478, & wife Isabelle Neville

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  • Tewkesbury Abbey Tomb of Alan, Abbot d.1202

  • Tewkesbury Abbey Tomb of Robert Forthington, Abbot, d.1254

  • Tewkesbury Abbey Grave Marker of Isabel Neville Plantagenet d.1476

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Entry Name: Abbey Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 4 March 1952

Last Amended: 25 April 1994

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1201159

English Heritage Legacy ID: 376552

ID on this website: 101201159

Location: St Mary's Abbey Church, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20

County: Gloucestershire

District: Tewkesbury

Town: Tewkesbury

Civil Parish: Tewkesbury

Built-Up Area: Tewkesbury

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Tewkesbury St Mary the Virgin (Tewkesbury Abbey)

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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