“Modern Leicester is dire, but the church is at least protected by an enclave of half-timbered and Georgian buildings near the remains of the castle. Nor is it a tedious town church, but an eccentric medieval building containing the county’s best Norman survivals.”
I was unable to photograph the interior as the Coptic Christians were having a service there.
“The delight of the church lies in the confidence of its plasterwork, a patchwork of ogees round the walls and ribs forming lozenges on the ceiling.”
The teenager in me couldn’t resist a boob shot and I was quite taken by the miniature baby peacefully slumbering under his father’s hand.
“Continuous 48-window clerestory”
“The Decorated west end of the south aisle appears to have been designed at the end of a riotous 14th-century party. It is one of the most eccentric compositions on any English church.”
“the resting place of the lords of Belvoir Castle.”
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