St Michael's Church, Duntisbourne Rouse

Duntisbourne Rouse is one of a few settlements in the vicinity named after Dunt, a Saxon chief. Following the Norman conquest, the land was owned by a knight named Le Rous. The church dates from no later than the late 11th or early 12th century, although the nave is now thought to have been built in Saxon times. The chancel is from the 12th century and a tower was added in the 16th century. The church underwent restoration in the 1930s, by Sidney Gambier-Parry. It was designated a Grade I listed building on 26 November 1958. The Grade I listing is for buildings "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important".

The internal walls are limewashed and the floor is stone. The nave is without aisles and has timber panelling on the walls. It has panelled box pews and bracket lights with brass ornaments from the Victorian era. The Jacobean pulpit is hexagonal, constructed of carved wood, and there is an octagonal stone font. The doorway from the nave to the tower has a pointed arch. The tower has an internal staircase leading to its two bells; one from the 14th century and one from the 15th century. The walls of the chancel were decorated in the early 13th century with paintings done in red ochre that only survive in fragments, most complete on the north wall. It has a stylised masonry and six-petalled…