Shipmeadow: St Bartholomew
Overview
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
c.1860
The east window, depicting the Crucifixion, dates from c.1860, perhaps by Clayton and Bell
Stained Glass
c.1850
The small north Norman window contains a single figure representing St Bartholomew holding his skin.
Stained Glass
c.1937
The bigger north nave window has a warrior Saint.
Interior
Fixtures and fittings
Reredos
The reredos is of painted wood, low to fit in the shelf of the east window; it is rather in the style of Bodley, with a central panel depicting the Crucifixion and two panels on each side, each with a shield containing the sacred monogram. The openwork cresting breaks forward as a three-sidod canopy over the central panel. Hinged wings at each end are painted with the Annunciation, the archangel Gabriel kneeling in the left panel and the Virgin Mary at a prie-dieu in the right. The whole is decorated in red, gold and blue on a dark green ground with some arabesques. Below this is a rotable in green, with an inscription and the emblems of the Passion in gold.
Rail
Communion rails on twisted iron uprights.
Stall
Choirstalls, Victorian Gothic with return stalls against the screen.
Screen
The chancel screen has four lights and a central opening. The lower part is sixteenth-century, the four panels with cusped arched heads divided into two with primitive leaf-work carved in the spandrels; the uprights on the wes side have narrow buttresses. All this is old work, but restored. Above are four open lights with cusped arched heads and open spandrels. The embattled abcresting is surmounted by a rood and attendant figures and two pairs of candle sockets; the rood and sockets are polychrome.
Pulpit
The pulpit is of oak, nineteenth-century Gothic.
Lectern
The lectern is a plain oak desk on a stem.
Pew (object)
19th Century
The nave pews are plain with elementary poppyheads
Font (object)
Late 15th Century
The font is late fifteenth-century, of typical pattern with four lions against the stem, rather mutilated. The deeply cut panels of the bowl show three shields, five flowers and square leaves.
Organ (object)
1904
The organ dates from 1904; it has one manual and four and a half speaking stops.
Churchyard
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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