Services

Facilities

Refectory: Abbey Centre: Touching Souls Tea Room open daily.

Shop: Abbey Shop in St James Chapel, within the Abbey, open daily from 09.30 and Sunday from 12.30

Website: www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk

E-mail address: office@tewkesburyabbey.org.uk

Telephone
Abbey Office 01684 850959

Music

Organist & Master of the Choristers
Carleton Etherington (since 1996)

Simon Bell is Director of Music, Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Contorum.  Schola Cantorum sing weekday services during term time at Dean Close Preparatory School.

Choir

The Abbey choir is a voluntary choir of boys, girls and men who sing the Sunday Eucharist and a mixed voice choir who sing the Sunday Evensong.

Schola Cantorum: a choir of men and boys, directed by Simon Bell, who sing the weekday services. The boys are educated at Dean Close Preparatory School.

Organ

The Milton Organ dates from 1631 but was rebuilt by, amongst others, Father Willis, J W Malker and Kenneth Jones in 1997

4 manual 68 stops

The Grove Organ was built by Michel & Thyme in 1887, was purchased by The Revd Grove in 1887 and placed in the North Transept. It was restored in 1980-81 by Bishop & Son

4 manual 36 stops

Organ specification npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D03548
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Cathedral

Vicar
The Revd Canon Paul Williams (since )

Building

The Abbey was founded in 1087 and consecrated in 1121. It has very fine Norman features especially the Romanesque tower and embellishments were made to the long Nave roof and the Chancel in the 14th century in the Decorated style. In 1540 the Abbey was sold to the parishioners. Much restoration by George Gilbert Scott occured between 1875-79.