About the church of St John the Evangelist, Slimbridge

St John’s the Evangelist Church, Slimbridge, dates from the early 13th century and is a grade I listed building. It has many interesting architectural features inside and out. This is a very important church. David Verey, in his book The Vale and the Forest of Dean, suggests that it is “Probably the best example in the county of the Early Gothic Style of the C13”. In 2018 the church and its grave yard became nationally and internationally renowned for the wire sculptures shown in the picture below –

ghostlike sculptures of soldiers who died in World War One were erected next to their graves in a village cemetery. Sculptor Jackie Lantelli created them out of chicken wire to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the war.

Two of these sculptures can still be seen in the church.

There are stained glass windows which show medieval, Victorian and modern glass. The modern glass is a window dedicated to the memory of Sir Peter Scott, founder of the WWT a mile away by the river.