Church of the Holy Cross, Sherston

Coordinates: 51°34′23″N 2°12′43″W / 51.573°N 2.212°W / 51.573; -2.212

Church of the Holy Cross, Sherston
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
History
Dedication The Holy Cross
Administration
Parish Sherston
Deanery North Wiltshire
Archdeaconry Malmesbury
Diocese Bristol
Province Canterbury
Clergy
Rector Rev Christopher Bryan
Curate(s)

Rev Susan Harvey

Rev Phil Daniels
Assistant Rev John Morgan

The Church of the Holy Cross is the Anglican church in the village of Sherston, Wiltshire, England. It is Norman and contains many interesting religious items, including remains of Norman wall decoration, and a crucifix donated to the church by Italian soldiers during World War II. Sung Eucharist is held at the church every Sunday at 9.30 am and the church is also open every day for silent prayer.

The church is Grade I listed.[1]

History

The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a church at Sherston.[2] A Norman church was built c. 1170 and fragments of this can be seen in the present church.[3]

The church was built in the 13th century and extended in the 15th. The tower was rebuilt in 1733 in the Gothic revival style. Victorian restoration was carried out in 1876-7 by T.H. Wyatt.[3]

Pevsner writes: "An impressive church with a crossing tower, almost too high for the rest."[4]

Services

Sunday

8.00: Said Holy Communion

9.30: Sung Eucharist (Non-Communion Family Service every 3rd Sunday of the month)

6.00: Evensong (BCP Holy Communion on 3rd Sunday of month)

Events in the church include the coffee shop that is open three days a week during the summer; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9.30am – 12 noon; and a prayer group that meets once a month on Saturday in the Lady Chapel at 10.am where prayer requests from the prayer board in church are remembered.

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Church of the Holy Cross, Sherston (1023223)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Sherston in the Domesday Book
  3. 1 2 "Church of the Holy Cross, Sherston". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 469. ISBN 0-14-0710-26-4.
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