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2 Closed for all or most of the time other than for services
1 Closed at all times
Site: St George and St Mary
Denomination: Church of England
Type: Church
Period: Norman, 17th Century
Features: Chancel area, Misericords, Monuments, Stalls, Tower
Location: 2 miles S of Swadlincote off the A514/B586.
Description:
This church incorporates the tower of the conventual church of a 12th-century priory of Austin Canons. Of special note internally are three mid-17th-century stalls with beautifully carved misericords in the chancel, and seven at the W end from Drakelowe Hall. There is an impressive life-size monument to Thomas Gresley (d.1699).
Address: Church Street, Church Gresley, Derbyshire, DE11 9NR
Phone Number: 07814 033183
E-mail: mjfirbank@hotmail.com
Rating: ***
Open: 4
Website: www.gresleychurch.org.uk
Denomination: Church of England
Type: Church
Period: Norman, 17th Century
Features: Chancel area, Misericords, Monuments, Stalls, Tower
Location: 2 miles S of Swadlincote off the A514/B586.
Description:
This church incorporates the tower of the conventual church of a 12th-century priory of Austin Canons. Of special note internally are three mid-17th-century stalls with beautifully carved misericords in the chancel, and seven at the W end from Drakelowe Hall. There is an impressive life-size monument to Thomas Gresley (d.1699).
Address: Church Street, Church Gresley, Derbyshire, DE11 9NR
Phone Number: 07814 033183
E-mail: mjfirbank@hotmail.com
Rating: ***
Open: 4
Website: www.gresleychurch.org.uk