Lady & Sir Fulke Greville St Nicholas's in Alcester has the grandeur befitting the main church of a small town, but all that survives of the medieval building is the tall west tower, the rest was rebuilt in the Georgian period in a strange fusion of gothic (exterior) and classical (interior) by Thomas Woodward of Chipping Campden in 1729-30. There was further alteration when Frederick Preedy rebuilt the chancel in 1870-1 and inserted the tracery in the nave windows, which gives the main body of the church a more Victorianised appearance. Inside the nave retains it's plain classical columns and flat plaster ceiling and is somewhat austere, relieved by the central chandelier suspended from a gilt cherub. The most remarkable feature is the late Tudor tomb of Sir Fulke Greville and his wife in the north aisle from 1559. The deceased are represented by recumbent effigies with many children portrayed on the sides of the tomb chest below, all in a good state of preservation with what appears to be original colouring. There is also a fine monument by Sir Francis Chantrey to the 1st Marquis of Hertford in the south transept from 1828 with a reclining effigy. There is fairly ordinary Victorian stained glass in the chancel, the church's best window is a modern piece from 1997 by Alan Younger in the south aisle. / VFL.Ru — надёжный и быстрый фотохостинг с 2009 года

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Название: Lady & Sir Fulke Greville St Nicholas's in Alcester has the grandeur befitting the main church of a small town, but all that survives of the medieval building is the tall west tower, the rest was rebuilt in the Georgian period in a strange fusion of gothic (exterior) and classical (interior) by Thomas Woodward of Chipping Campden in 1729-30. There was further alteration when Frederick Preedy rebuilt the chancel in 1870-1 and inserted the tracery in the nave windows, which gives the main body of the church a more Victorianised appearance. Inside the nave retains it's plain classical columns and flat plaster ceiling and is somewhat austere, relieved by the central chandelier suspended from a gilt cherub. The most remarkable feature is the late Tudor tomb of Sir Fulke Greville and his wife in the north aisle from 1559. The deceased are represented by recumbent effigies with many children portrayed on the sides of the tomb chest below, all in a good state of preservation with what appears to be original colouring. There is also a fine monument by Sir Francis Chantrey to the 1st Marquis of Hertford in the south transept from 1828 with a reclining effigy. There is fairly ordinary Victorian stained glass in the chancel, the church's best window is a modern piece from 1997 by Alan Younger in the south aisle.
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