Church of St Ecgwin is a Grade I listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Ecgwin
- WRENN ID
- dim-gateway-umber
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Ecgwin is a parish church dedicated in 1295, with extensions made in the early 14th and 15th centuries, and restoration occurring in the late 19th century. It is constructed of coursed lias rubble with ashlar dressings and features a Cotswold stone roof. The nave and chancel date back to 1295, while the south porch was added in the 15th century and the west tower in the 14th century.
The west tower consists of four stages and is supported by diagonal buttresses. It is topped with a late 14th-century octagonal stone spire adorned with crocketted corner pinnacles. The spire has openings featuring two ogee trefoiled lights beneath a triangular head.
The nave is aisle-less and includes a clerestory with four bays. The south clerestory has windows with two trefoiled lights, while the north side is blind. To the right, there are two 19th-century windows with two cinquefoiled lights, and to the left of the center is a window with three trefoiled lights. The south porch, located in the left-hand bay, has a stone roof supported by stone arches. The entry features a Tudor arch with pierced quatrefoils in the spandrels and a square label, while the south door is from the 14th century. There is also a blocked north door.
The chancel has two bays, each with a trefoiled lancet, and a priest's door in the south wall. The east window consists of three trefoiled lights beneath a two-centred head.
Inside, most windows have rere-arches, and there is a 19th-century chancel arch. The chancel features a trefoil-headed piscina. The nave roof, dating to the 15th century, has a shallow pitch with four bays, moulded tie beams, and wall posts resting on stone angled corbels. The chancel has a common-rafter roof with scissor braces.
Notable fittings include an octagonal 15th-century font.
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