St. Mary, Dodington, Gloucestershire

Description

The church of St. Mary, wholly rebuilt and consecrated in 1805, at the expense of the late Sir Christopher Bethell Codrington bart. who died 4th February, 1843, is an edifice in the Classic style, in the form of a Greek cross, the eastern limb forming the chancel, and in the centre rises a stone vaulted dome supported on four monolithic stone pillars: the nave is paved with marble of different colours, framed in brass, and there are three stained windows: a stone font was erected in 1878, and there are two marble monuments to the Codrington family: a new reredos with a representation, in white marble, of the "Crucifixion," was erected in 1894, to the memory of the late Lady Georgiana C. A. Codrington, d. 2nd December, 1884: there are 150 sittings.

Church Records

The register dates from the year 1575.