Sts Peter and Paul

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1 & 2  The church as viewed from the main road.  The half-timbered lych-gate with its room over is one of very few in the country.  Within living memory the room was used as a cobbler's workshop.

 

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3  There are plans to build a new Meeting Room at the west end of the church, together with a Quiet Room at first floor level within the tower, and under the Ringing Room.

Plans show that there will also be 

A NEW WEST GALLERY

 

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The Green Man depicted in the corbel on the north side of the tower arch

Dove's reference for the bells:

Long Compton, Warwick, SS Peter & Paul, 6, 12-0-22 in F#. Tue 

 

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Map reference : SP287331

The church stands on the west of the A44 road from Oxford to Stratford upon Avon, the village of Long Sutton being about 5 miles north of Chipping Norton (Oxon.) The church was unlocked at the time of our visit.

 

 

Photographs: © Edwin Macadam

 

 

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