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St James The Great, Ruscombe
The Church of St James the Great is a Church of England parish church in Ruscombe, Berkshire, England. It is a grade I listed building. The church of St James the Great was built in the late 12th century. Its Norman chancel built with flint survives but its nave and west tower were rebuilt in 1638–39 in brick. Additional modifications were made in the 1800s, including the addition of an organ chamber and the " restoration" on the interior of the church. The church has been a grade I listed building since 1967. St James' is part of a united benefice with St Mary's Church, Twyford. The benefice is in turn part of a local ecumenical partnership with Twyford United Reformed Church. In March 2020, the partnerships included St Mary's Twyford, St Nicholas Hurst, St James Ruscombe and Twyford United Reformed Church. References {{coord, 51.479992, -0.85218, format=dms, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Ruscombe Ruscombe Ruscombe is a village and civil parish, east of Tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Restoration
The Victorian restoration was the widespread and extensive wikt:refurbish, refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England church (building), churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century Victorian era, reign of Queen Victoria. It was not the same process as is understood today by the term building restoration. Against a background of poorly maintained church buildings, a reaction against the Puritan ethic manifested in the Gothic Revival, and a shortage of churches where they were needed in cities, the Cambridge Camden Society and the Oxford Movement advocated a return to a more medieval attitude to churchgoing. The change was embraced by the Church of England which saw it as a means of reversing the decline in church attendance. The principle was to "restore" a church to how it might have looked during the Decorated style of architecture which existed between 1260 and 1360, and many famous architects such as George Gilbert Scott and Ewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Nicholas Hurst
Hurst is a village in the civil parish of St Nicholas Hurst in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. The village lies between Twyford and Wokingham, about north of the M4 motorway. Geography The parish of St Nicholas Hurst is about north of Wokingham and south of Twyford in the county of Berkshire. It covers about and is the largest civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham. The village is on the A321 Twyford – Wokingham road. There are a number of other smaller areas of sporadic development, the main ones being along Davis Street on the B3030 Twyford – Winnersh road, along the B3034 Forest Road, from Bill Hill to Binfield and on Broadcommon Road. The River Loddon flows north along the western side of the parish and a substantial proportion of the parish lies within the alluvial flood plain of this river and its tributaries. The most important exceptions to this are Church Hill just to the west of the village centre, and Ashridge to the south-east. The M4 motorwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
