Nominal: 713 Hz Weight: 1477 lbs Diameter: 44.25" Bell 1 of 7
Founded by John I Martin 1654
Dove Bell ID: 7653 Tower ID: 12921 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Worcester: St Swithun
Overview
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
The east window, said to have been designed by Eginton, shows The Last Supper, The Baptism of Christ and The Nativity in roundels in the centre light, with the symbols of the Evangelists in the flanking lights. The background is of heavily etched grisaille.
Building Materials
Limestone
1734-6
Limestone
Interior
Fixtures and fittings
Organ (object)
The organ in the west gallery is within a case of c.1780 with three towers of five pipes and intervening flats with curving toe-boards and curved cornices. The builder is unknown, but the case can be compared to later work by Bridge, the younger Byfield and the elder England. The instrument was originally of one manual (the present Great Organ) of eight speaking stops. The six-stop Swell Organ appears to be an addition of c.1850, and the pedal board and pipes are probably also of that period. The stops for each manual are different in style, the earlier with paper labels while the later have ivory insets with script-like lettering.
Bench (seat)
c.1740
An oak bench with moulded top and shaped end supports, c.1740.
Bench (seat)
19th Century
Two early nineteenth-century softwood open-back benches.
Pew (object)
The box pews are of fine-grained English oak, original to the church, with moulded panels and capping. The arrangement is in four blocks, with seven facing east in the western half and eight facing east in the eastern half.
Font (object)
The Font is contemporary with the church, and has an oval marble bowl upon a plain stem with a collar and gadrooned base. It still stands in the Font Pew with a bench all round; the plinth upon which it is placed is square, of stone, and the original oak cover, was salvaged from beneath the floor in 1911, and replaced.
Pulpit
The pulpit (a three-decker) with its tester and the Mayor's Pew should be considered together. In the Mayor's pew is the Mayor's Chair with solid curved back, openwork scroll cresting and a pilaster at each side. The carved arms are supported on turned pillars, and the cresting forms, at the centre, a finial above which rises the mace-rest, of wrought iron, partly gilded, with the arms and motto of the City, two putti and the Royal Cipher GR surmounted by a crown.
The pulpit is hexagonal, the ogee-curved underside with scrolly carved brackets, all built into the solid support of the staircase. The sides of the pulpit have fielded panels and moulded panels at the corners. The west-facing side is inlaid with the sacred monogram. The elegant curving staircase of ten steps has fluted balusters and a moulded handrail. The tester has geometricalinlay with a carved and gilded dove applied in the centre. Above rises an openwork-scroll hollow canopy within which is a carved anchor and serpent, the whole terminating in a carved and gilded Pelican in her Piety. It is partly supported and steadied by a chain from the ceiling.
Rail
The communion rails have a long front and return each side; they are carried on fluted balusters and have a moulded rail.
Lectern
The wooden Gothic eagle lectern is from St. Martin's.
Bells
Nominal: 1200 Hz Weight: 752 lbs Diameter: 31.75" Bell 2 of 7
Founded by John I Martin 1654
Dove Bell ID: 47093 Tower ID: 12921 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1068 Hz Weight: 738 lbs Diameter: 32.63" Bell 3 of 7
Founded by John I Martin 1654
Dove Bell ID: 47094 Tower ID: 12921 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Nominal: 952 Hz Weight: 678 lbs Diameter: 32.38" Bell 4 of 7
Founded by Worcester foundry
Dove Bell ID: 47095 Tower ID: 12921 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Nominal: 898 Hz Weight: 908 lbs Diameter: 35.75" Bell 5 of 7
Founded by Worcester foundry
Dove Bell ID: 47096 Tower ID: 12921 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Nominal: 801 Hz Weight: 1193 lbs Diameter: 39.25" Bell 6 of 7
Founded by Worcester foundry
Dove Bell ID: 47097 Tower ID: 12921 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Weight: 86 lbs Diameter: 16.5" Bell 7 of 7
Founded by Abraham II Rudhall 1720
Dove Bell ID: 47098 Tower ID: 12921 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
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
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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.
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