Tedstone Delamere is a village in Herefordshire, England, NE of Bromyard served by St James’ Church adjacent to the Court
Tedstone Delamere is a village in Herefordshire, England, north east of Bromyard served by St James’ Church adjacent to Tedstone Court. St James' Church chancel was added by Sir George Gilbert Scott in Tedstone Delamere the Sapey Brook runs its course from Upper Sapey, joining the river Teme just beyond Whitbourne. The nearby Hoar Stone is said to be the horse thief petrified for his crimes. A later version of the story involves Saint Catherine of Ledbury as the owner of the horses. These petrosomatoglyphs are visible to this day. The horse-thief was named Gray; he reputedly hid for several days in a barn which still stands a short distance from the Brook on the Tedstone Court estate and is referred to as 'Gray's Barn'. Tedstone Court is an early 19th-century house on an older site, with a pleasure ground overlooking a park from a terrace. There is a kitchen garden. Tedstone Court is a Grade 2 listed early nineteenth century being a large rendered house of three storeys having five windows and projecting bay of three windows. There are sashes with marginal lights, flat architraves, keyblocks and most have glazing bars. There is a central door, porch with square and Doric column to each side under a slate hipped roof. "Toddesthorne" is the ancient spelling of "Tedstone", and accounts for "Delamere" by a "William de la Mere, who held Tedstone in the reign of Henry III. The area’s history possibly includes a battle during the Wars of the Roses, fought close to Tipton farm. The church, commands very extensive prospects in the counties of Worcester, Stafford, Warwick, and Gloucester and the Malvern hills form a leading feature towards the south-east. The 1867 rebuilding was overseen by Sir George Gilbert Scott, keeping much of the old character of the building as well as some of its older features, including the chancel screen of carved oak, probably Tudor, and the old Norman font. The western wall of the nave is one of the very few specimens of Saxon masonry
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Location: Tedstone Delamere, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England, UK
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