Was my first new visit. I must have chosen to ignore this simple cruciform church of 1861 before. Today I found it quite charming, with an east apse and an impressive ironwork chancel screen. Double bellcote over the chancel arch. The seating is grey plastic stacking chairs - quite hideous - but the font is an enormous square bowl on stubby stem, the faces decorated with rosettes and containing a centrally placed relief. The font is the subject of much debate and has been purchased by a collector of the work of Burges for £100,000. It may be removed from the church very soon.
More pictures of this church on my flickr photostream
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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2 comments:
Thank you for your visit and comments (even about the horrendous chairs! we agree!) I'm afraid your statement about the Font being sold is not true: If you would like the full story of the Font please go to our website: www.rodneystokewithdraycott.org.uk
Phil,
You are a genius! Thanks so much for helping identify the church on our blog—we were actually starting to doubt it was England, though not sure how photos got mixed up.
TPT
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