St Cyr, Stinchcombe
St Cyr, Stinchcombe
St Cyr’s, Stinchcombe, is a Grade II* parish church largely rebuilt in Decorated style in 1855 by J. L. Pearson, retaining a fifteenth-century tower and porch, in the Diocese of Gloucester.
- Location
- Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- County
- Gloucestershire
- City / town
- Stinchcombe
- Address
- Church Road, Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire, GL11 6BE
- Postcode
- GL11 6BE
- Built
- Part 15th century; largely rebuilt 1855; spire rebuilt 1882
- Consecrated
- 1855
- Architect
- J. L. Pearson
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Cyr
- Diocese
- Gloucester
- Parish
- Stinchcombe
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Decorated Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Cotswold limestone, stone-slate roofs
- Grid reference
- ST 729 988
- Opening hours
- St Cyr's is open daily from 10am to 4pm (daylight hours). With a new path leading up from the road and a lift installed within the church, it is accessible to those in a wheelchair with assistance. Please let us know if you would need assistance.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas
Overview
A chapel at Stinchcombe is recorded in 1156, granted with Cam to St Peter’s Abbey, Gloucester. None of that early fabric survives. Historic England records an Anglican parish church, part fifteenth century but largely as rebuilt in 1855 by Pearson: nave, chancel, south aisle, two-storey north porch, and a three-stage west tower with octagonal spire rebuilt in 1882 after a lightning strike. The fabric is Cotswold limestone with stone-slate roofs. Bell-stage openings of 1632 survive on the tower.
The interior has a four-bay nave with quatrefoil piers, stained glass by Wailes in the chancel and by Clayton and Bell in the nave and aisle, and a reredos of the Last Supper. A chapel here is associated with the Oxford Movement patrons who funded Pearson’s work. Listed Grade II* on 30 June 1961 (NHLE 1340554); listing NGR ST7296598865. The parish is Stinchcombe, in the Cam and Stinchcombe benefice.