Holy Apostles, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire

Description

The church of the Holy Apostles, erected in the year 1871, at the expense of the late Charles Cook Higgs esq. of Langton House, in this parish, and consecrated June 2, 1885, is an edifice in the Geometrical Decorated style, from designs by Mr. John H. Middleton F.R.I.B.A. of Cheltenham, and consists of apsidal chancel with aisles, clerestoried nave, aisles, north and south porches and a turret containing one bell: the pulpit and the whole of the seats are of oak, the chancel stalls being carved; the reredos, of Caen stone, alabaster and marble, is divided into three compartments, the centre one being occupied by a carving of "The Last Supper ": the stained west window was the gift of Thomas Potter esq. of Eastcourt, Charlton Kings, and his family: and there are two memorial windows, erected in 1893, to C. Rogers esq. and his wife, by their children, and seven other stained windows: in 1892 the font was removed to the west end and the organ transferred to the chancel at a cost of about £350: an oak screen enclosing the choir vestry was erected in 1893 at a cost of about £170: the church will seat about 650 persons.

Church Records

The register of Holy Apostles dates from the year 1885.