Bagworth's Medieval Church?

Holy Rood Bagworth

  © Copyright Andrew Tatlow and
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Believe it or not this rather bleak church has a Norman arch and is in a rural churchyard. The former church had to be demolished in 1968 because of subsidence and this is its replacement. Bagworth is in Leicestershire by the way.

Ayrshire Amalgam

Kirktoun Church

  © Copyright Ian Rainey and
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Ian Rainey's photograph of KIRKTOUN church in Ayrshire shows what I suspect was a simple lancet church which was embellished in the later C19 by some quality alterations and additions. The transept on the left has been given a rose window and the tower is a miniature version of a late Perpendicular tower which would be at home in Yorkshire. A large five-light window is squeezed into the available space above the door and the bell openings are also large in comparison to the rest, a grandeur beyond its size. I love it!