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Church of the Holy Ascension

A Grade II Listed Building in Upper Oddington, Gloucestershire

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Latitude: 51.9312 / 51°55'52"N

Longitude: -1.6674 / 1°40'2"W

OS Eastings: 422967

OS Northings: 225905

OS Grid: SP229259

Mapcode National: GBR 5R8.Z4H

Mapcode Global: VHBZ6.1QWF

Plus Code: 9C3WW8JM+F3

Entry Name: Church of the Holy Ascension

Listing Date: 10 August 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1388326

English Heritage Legacy ID: 476334

ID on this website: 101388326

Location: Church of the Holy Ascension, Lower Oddington, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, GL56

County: Gloucestershire

District: Cotswold

Civil Parish: Oddington

Built-Up Area: Upper Oddington

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Oddington Holy Ascension

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


SP 2225 ODDINGTON LOWER ODDINGTON

1817/10/10002 Church of the Holy
Ascension

GV II

Anglican church. 1852; by S. W .Daukes. Limestone rubble with freestone dressings. Clay plain tile roofs with stone coped gable ends.
PLAN: Nave, chancel, north aisle, vestry in angle of north aisle and chancel, and large 2-storey north porch.
Early English style.
EXTERIOR: 2-light plate-tracery windows and lancets, continuous stringcourse at cill level, buttresses with weathered set-offs; triple lancet east window; gabled stone bellcote with weathervane over east end of nave; large 2-storey north porch with wooden bellcote said to have been designed by the incumbent the Revd W. Wiggin. j.L. Pearson is believed to have been involved in designing the east end of the north aisle.
INTERIOR: Plastered walls. 4-bay north arcade and chancel arch with dog-tooth ornament in the arch mouldings and capitals. Arch-braced nave, aisle and chancel roofs, chancel roof panelled and painted. Furnishings complete, including benches, reading desk and lectern, stone font and pulpit, organ, and encaustic tiles in chancel. Windows with stained glass by Wailes, Clayton and Bell, and Powell.
(Source: David Verey, Buildings of England, Gloucestershire: Cotswolds, p.350.}


Listing NGR: SP2296725905

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