- Whitminster Church
St. Andrew's Church in
Whitminster ,Gloucestershire is a beautiful village church constructed fromCotswold stone. The church site dates from 1086, although no part of the surviving fabric is visibly older than the 14th century. It was enlarged in 1842 to include a north aisle, designed byBristol architect Thomas Foster, the tower was restored in 1844 and various other areas in 1884 by Sir A.W. Blomfeld, with the externals remaining mostly unchanged from that date. It currently has 6 tenor bells, the earliest of which dates from 1634. It is one of only a few churches in Gloucestershire to retain a traditionalStoup , a stone basin used to holdHoly Water .
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