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Sudeley Castle, Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Sudeley, Gloucestershire

  • St Mary: castle chapel by Ralph Boteler c.1460; view from the southwest

  • St Mary: view from the north; renewed Perpendicular windows; embattled parapet; buttresses surmounted by pinnacles

  • St Mary: view from the west; square bell-turret

  • St Mary: hoodmould at west doorway with carved stops of king & queen (Henry VI & Margaret of Anjou)

  • St Mary: carved stop of Henry VI (c.1460)

  • St Mary: carved stop of Margaret of Anjou (c.1460)

  • St Mary: niche with modern statue of King Henry VI (on the throne when church was first built)

  • St Mary: niche with statue of Queen Victoria (on the throne when church was restored)

  • St Mary: interior by George Gilbert Scott, 1858-1863; screen by Rattee & Kett

  • St Mary: Victorian tomb of Queen Katherine Parr (d.1548) by George Gilbert Scott, 1862; ogee crocketed canopy, alabaster tomb chest

  • St Mary: effigy of Katherine Parr (d.1548) in white marble, by Philip, 1859

  • St Mary: inscription from Katherine Parr's coffin

  • Sudeley Castle, Church, St Mary

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Entry Name: Sudeley Castle, Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 4 July 1960

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1340136

English Heritage Legacy ID: 134930

ID on this website: 101340136

Location: St Mary's Church, Winchcombe, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL54

County: Gloucestershire

District: Tewkesbury

Civil Parish: Sudeley

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Winchcombe St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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