Charlton Kings Parish Church


St. Mary the Virgin's Church
Photos by John Wilkes of Cam near Dursley, Gloucestershire
The Gloucestershire Photo Library

Page composition by Allan Taylor of Vancouver, Canada
http://www.allthecotswolds.com

St. Mary's church has a 15th Century Perp central tower with North and South trancepts; and a nave with North and South aisles mostly rebuilt in 1877-78.

The chancel was rebuilt in 1878 by John Middleton. The tower has three stages with diagonal buttresses on the lower two; and panelled angle pilasters terminating in pinnacles on the embattled, be-gargoyled top stage.

The bell-openings have ogee heads with finials. The font is tub-shaped, with bowl cut into an octagon and decorated with panels of 14th Century curvilinear tracery.

There is stained glass in the church by Clayton & Bell; and Curtis, Ward & Hughes.