Lower Oddington and Upper Oddington are a pair of adjoining
villages in the Gloucestershire area of the Cotswolds.
Pasture Farm Garden, half way between Upper and Lower
Oddington, is an informal country garden, developed over 30 years, containing mixed
borders, creative and original topiary, orchard and many species of trees.
A derelict cottage has been set back to nature and
incorporated in the garden.
The working farm also contains a sizable veggie plot, a
spring-fed pond with ducks, roaming bantams, chickens and 2 kunekune pigs.
The church of St Nicholas is located at the end of a small
lane some 1/4 mile from the centre of Lower Oddington village. The church is
composed of a very high, flat-ceilinged nave, a large south aisle, south chapel
and porch, and central tower. It originally had a north door as well, but this
has been partially bricked up to form a window. The church was begun some time
in the 12th century, and is very simply adorned, with a three-arch nave arcade
and Early English chancel arch. Built of dressed limestone it has a brick roof.
The chancel is fifteenth century and the tower at the east end is thirteenth
century. It has medieval wall paintings of the Doom on the north wall of the
nave, dating to the early 15th century. They were whitewashed over in the
Reformation and conserved by Eve Baker from 1969. Scenes depicted include the
Acts of Mercy and the Seven Deadly Sins. It is a Grade I listed building,
having been added to the register on 25 August 1960.
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