Barrington, Gloucestershire


Barrington is a civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. In the 2011 census it had a population of 205.
The parish includes the villages of Great Barrington and Little Barrington, on either side of the River Windrush. To the east the parish borders Oxfordshire.
St Mary's church in Great Barrington is a Grade II* listed building, built in the late 12th century and restored in 1880 by Francis Penrose. At the west end of the church there is a monument to Edmund Bray who inherited the Barrington Park estate from his older brother William Bray. Edmund Bray's son Reginald sold the estate to the Lord Chancellor William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, also later 1st Baron Dynevor. There are numerous monuments in the chancel to the Talbot family, including a sculpture by Joseph Nollekens of Mary, Countess Talbot, the estranged wife of Earl Talbot. Their daughter Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor, who married George Rice inherited the newly rebuilt Palladian-style Barrington Park which stands right next to the church. Her grandson, George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor is also buried there.
The village of Great Barrington, and Barrington Park itself, fell into increasing disrepair during the 1960s and 70s under the owner, Charles Wingfield. Following a planning application to the Cotswold District Council in 2011, the main house was completely restored by architects Inskip+Jenkins, including the two wings designed by John Macvicar Anderson in the 1880s.
The Church of St Peter in Little Barrington was built in the late 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
There is an inn beside the River Windrush at Little Barrington, The Fox.
Despite its geographical position in Gloucestershire, part of the parish of Great Barrington formerly formed an exclave of Berkshire.

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