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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2011-10-16 11:17 am
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St. John The Baptist, Chelmorton


St. John the Baptist, Chelmorton, Derbyshire
St. John the Baptist, Chelmorton, Derbyshire
Supposedly one of the highest churches in Britain (in the geographical not the ecclesiastical sense)
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[identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com 2011-10-16 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I call a lovely view!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks.

[identity profile] michaleen.livejournal.com 2011-10-16 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you get to see the interior of this one? I found limited pictures online. Lovely photo.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
I did. Rural churches are rarely locked. The most interesting feature is the porch, which has been built out of medieval grave slabs.

[identity profile] michaleen.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
I like this church. Thanks so much for sharing.

[identity profile] kishenehn.livejournal.com 2011-10-16 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I love that one!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful setting- right out among the hills of the Peak District

[identity profile] athenais.livejournal.com 2011-10-16 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
How enticing. It looks perfectly frozen in time.

[identity profile] athenais.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Although what time, I'm not sure, that spire looks suspect. Surely not 13th century. Victorian add-on?

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2011-10-17 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Apparently the spire is 15th century.

Derbyshire is a county of spires.
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