St Mary the Virgin

Description:

• The first stone of this impressive Gothic-Revival style church was laid in 1814, and the building was completed by 1820 at a cost of £14,226. Added to at various times since, it's the Bathwick parish church, and inside are frescoes, paintings, an elaborate high altar, plus Italian marble in the Lady Chapel. As you might expect from this description of typical Italian style opulence rarely seen in Anglican churches, the services are High Church ornate affairs with bells and smells familiar to Catholics of a certain age. A good choir and elaborate organ pipes complete the effect.
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