Church Of St Bartholomew

SO 9103 BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT OAKRIDGE LYNCH

17/104 Church of St Bartholomew

28.6.60

II

Parish church. 1835 by Robert Stokes for Thomas Keble. Ashlar limestone; concrete tile roof. Nave with west tower, south porch and chancel. Five tall Early English style lancets in offset buttressed nave walls; 4 to south set either side of parapet gabled porch with tall moulded pointed archway, sundial set above. Diagonal buttresses to parapet gable ends of nave. Triplet to parapet gabled east end of chancel; single lancet to south side of chancel only. Three-stage tower with crenellation and diagonal offset buttresses. Lancet belfry openings with stone louvres. Tall 2-light traceried west window with carved hood labels. Interior: simple limewashed interior with 5-bay truss roof; ceiling at collar level. Lower exposed part of trusses have bold coloured decoration. Similar decoration to panelled chancel ceiling. Wide chancel arch with triple shafts. Plain pointed tower arch. Octagonal-fronted stone pulpit, Early English style. Tall shaft to octagonal stone font. Stained glass of c1875 to east triplet. (N.M. Herbert, 'Bisley' in V.C.H. Glos., xi, 1976, pp 4-40; M.A. Rudd, Historical Records of Bisley with Lypiatt, 1937; and D. Verey, Cotswold Churches, 1976 and Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO9127803385