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Church of St Swithin, Ganarew

The Church of St Swithin is a parish church in Ganarew, south Herefordshire, England. The parish church is dedicated to St Swithin, although the 1868 National Gazetteer notes a dedication to St Luke. The parish is within the Church of England Diocese of Hereford, and the church is a Grade II listed building.

History

Giles Rawlines served as rector in 1624. Tamalanc, a son of Brychan, may be the same person as Tiuinauc (or Tywinauc or Tywannog), a patron saint connected with the Church of St Swithin's history. The church was rebuilt in about 1850 by John Prichard, a noted church builder and restorer of the Victorian period. The church required the expensive restoration because of the failing foundations.

Architecture and fittings

The church is of the English Gothic architectural style, described by Pevsner as Middle Pointed or Decorated Period, and by Historic England simply as Decorated. It is built of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and a tiled roof. The nave has windows with hoodmoulds. They have cusped ogee-headed lights and spandrels. The bellcote has similar cusped ogee-headed openings and a small spire with decorative lucarnes.

The reredos inside the church forms the village war memorial, a sculpture in white marble featuring the figure of Christ accompanied by two angels.

Grounds

Bannerman family memorial

The graveyard contains a Gothic pinnacle memorial to the Bannerman family who lived nearby at Wyastone Leys. The medieval churchyard cross is a scheduled ancient monument. There is also a war grave of a Royal Engineers soldier of World War I.

References

  1. "Ganarew: St Swithin, Ganarew" at achurchnearyou.com
  2. "Church of St Swithin, Ganarew" at britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
  3. University of Oxford; Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses: L-R (Public domain ed.). Parker and Co. pp. 1235–. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  4. Orme, Nicholas (9 March 2000). The saints of Cornwall. Oxford University Press. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-0-19-820765-8. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  5. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England); Crawford, David Lindsay (1934). An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. H. M. Stationery off., printed by William Clowes & sons, ltd. p. 96. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Parish Church of St. Swithin, was entirely rebuilt in 1850...
  6. Freer, Richard Lane (1863). Charges delivered to the clergy of the archdeaconry of Hereford (Public domain ed.). J. Head. pp. 140–. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  7. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). Herefordshire. Yale University Press. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-14-071025-0. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Swithin, Ganarew (Grade I) (1099453)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  9. "Remembering The Great War" by Ray Westlake, November 2001, at hellfirecorner.co.uk
  10. Historic England. "Churchyard Cross in St Swithin's Churchyard (1016117)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  11. CWGC Casualty Record.

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