St Saviour
Redbrook, Gloucestershire
St Saviour’s occupies an elevated position overlooking the River Wye, next to the school in the village of Redbrook.
A medieval church, it has a central two stage tower with corbel table between. The exterior has been heavily roughcast and restored in the late 19th century. It has a Norman font under the south crossing arch with a band of pellet moulding with decorations of raised triangles. It also has a 15th century font in the south west corner and a ‘Parson and Clerk’ pulpit. There are stained glass windows by Wailles, Clayton & Bell and Kempe.
The churchyard contains the grave of David Mushet, the metallurgist of Coleford, whose son Robert Mushet developed the process of hardening steel ahead of the better known Bessemer. Robert Mushet's experiments revolutionised the steel industry.
The parish is set high on the rim of the forest looking down towards the Wye Valley. It is on the main Gloucester to Monmouth road and within a conservation area.
