St Mary's Church, Ripple. Grade I Listed. Rippling with life
St Mary's Church, The Cross, Ripple, Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, GL20 6HA
St Mary's Church, Ripple is the largest medieval church in Worcestershire. Host to one of Britain's finest collections of misericords ...16 intricately carved seats from the 15th century. A rare 1613 "She" Bible ...other known copies in Exeter, Salisbury and Durham Cathedrals and Oxford and Cambridge universities. Early Victorian Chamberlain tiles. Six bells by John Rudhall from 1807 and a Victorian stained glass window by Ernest Heasman, a pupil of Kempe. The grave of Robert Reeve, The Ripple Giant, bears the epitaph "As you pass by behold my length but never glory in your strength" ...all will be explained.
Take a tour of this Grade I Listed building. Interact with members of the Sealed Knot Society, the UK's oldest English Civil War re-enactment society. St. Mary's is the "home" Church to the Sealed Knot. Come and see how St Mary's Church, Ripple is 'rippleing' with life and how we plan to use architecture to bring this historic building up to date.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 13 September:
- 1000-1600
- Sunday 14 September:
- 1000-1600
Location & directions
St Mary's Church, The Cross, Ripple, Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, GL20 6HA
- Contact on day:
- Nick Blake
- Telephone number:
- +447774675166
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
Disabled Access not possible to the Bell Tower
Additional information
- Max no of people per tour:
- 8
- Est. tour duration:
- 1 hour(s)
