Holy Cross is a wonderful stone built church nestling between Seend Manor and Seend House, set back from the main road through Seend opposite Rusty Lane.
Dating from around 1450 this beautiful Grade 1 church is steeped in local family history with many grand memorials. It has served the local community faithfully over the centuries and is much loved by the villagers. It is a symbol of stability and constancy to those who worship within its walls and those who come for weddings, baptisms and funerals. There is peace here and you sense the comfort that comes only through time, the goodness of prayer and the kindness of strangers. There are splendid views from the south churchyard over the vale towards Potterne, well worth spending a little time to enjoy.
Our church seats in excess of 200 people; has an outside toilet with disabled access; the church is accessible to wheelchair users via the south doors, with prior notice or on service days; we have a hearing loop system; there is limited parking in church lane, further parking in Rusty Lane or on main road alongside the Lye Field.
Things to look out for (there are QR codes around the church which link to more detailed information):-
•Original 1450 font restored in 1938
•Masons mark of the White Rose of York inscribed in the pulpit wall
•Stokys memorial in North aisle dated 1498
•Carved wool shears in West window stone arch
•The Millennium window
•1886 Sweetland of Bath organ, recently cleaned 2020
•Ring of six bells in Taylor frame – ground floor ring
Our most famous visitor in recent times was HM Queen Camilla when she rededicated our War Memorial in December 2021.
Our local village magazine 'Seend Spotlight' is available via this link: Spotlight (seend.org.uk) You can find helpful information, including full service times for the whole Wellsprings Benefice and various contact details under 'Useful Contacts'.
If you have any safeguarding questions or concerns you can contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Liz Futter, on 01380 828485 email [email protected], or the Rector, Revd Gerry Lynch, email [email protected] Tel. 07521 440622
Alternatively, you can contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisers:
Suzy Futcher 07500 664800 [email protected]
Jem Carter 07469 857888 [email protected]
