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Key Image Chapel of Ease
GL54 5PB Winchcombe (Hailes)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: Toddington, Stanway and Didbrook and Hailes (Diocese of Gloucester, Archdeaconry of Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Winchcombe)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.96976° N, 1.92799° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1130
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: Single-nave church with separated chancel
Font
  • Font (13th cent.)
Noteworthy
  • Medieval frescoes
  • Frescoes (13th cent., with mythological figures: winged elephant, gryphon, basilisk)
  • Church pews (late 16th cent.)
History:
12th cent.:   Built, since then mostly unaltered
Sources
Lord Sudeley: A Guide to Hailes Church, 2013
Surman, Richard: Betjeman’s Best British Churches, Collins, London 2011, p. 272
Verey, David: Cotswold Churches, Nonsuch Publishing, Stroud 2007
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