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St Margaret's at Wolston is a fine cruciform village church close to Coventry with a squat central tower (a previous one fell c1760, taking the chancel roof with it) and a good Norman south doorway (moved when the church was expanded in the 14th century).

The interior is light and spacious and dominated by the surviving Norman crossing arches (with some carved capitals). The font is a fine piece of rustic Decorated with small masks amidst the low relief canopies. The transepts are now screened off but still accessible, that on the south with fine cusped tomb recesses of c1300 sheltering very poorly preserved effigies (on the floor and difficult to see in the gloom). Opposite is an early 16th century monument whose brasses and inscriptions have long since vanished. In the chancel is an attractive sedilia and an unusually painted roof, dating from the 1760s after the fall of the tower.

This was my first visit since a major internal re-ordering swept away the pews and pulpit (all still in place on my previous visit in 2013) and opened up the nave for more flexible use. The 14th century font was also relocated to the south aisle from its place at the west end of the nave where the footings of its Norman predecessor have now been exposed beneath a glass floor.
www.wolston.org/221798121929.htm

Taken in: UK / England / Rugby District / Wolston (show map)

Taken on: August 9, 2022

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ70, f/5.5, 1/320 sec, 28.7mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

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