
St Guthlac's church - Branston, Leicestershire
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N 52° 51.417 W 000° 47.911
30U E 648220 N 5858627
Anglican church of St Gulthac, Branston.
Waymark Code: WM10CHM
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/14/2019
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"The Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Guthlac, originating in the 13th century with alterations up the 15th. New chancel and nave roofs were added in 1895-96 by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner, Gothic Revival architects."
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"The ancient Parish Church at Branston has a prominent position in the main street and is one of only 9 churches in the country dedicated to Saint Guthlac, an East Anglian Saint. Christian worship has been offered on this site for 1300years, the present church being built of local stone onwards from the 13th c.
The interior of the church is spacious and airy, large enough to accommodate a rare 18th c. Hugh Russell organ built into a western gallery. Amongst other features it has fine Norman arches, a Norman Font, and a slab tomb to John Spethyn dated from 1460 in the N. Aisle.
Our church is unlocked from dawn to dusk daily and all are welcome to enter."
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