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Hampnett
Summary
A quiet Cotswold village near Northleach, boasting a small church with quite remarkable interior Victorian decoration. Hampnett is a very small village up a minor road near Northleach. The village, really little more than a hamlet, is pretty enough, but it is the church that really deserves a visit. The Church
The interior of St George's church, Hampnett, is decorated with truly amazing Victorian stencilling. The effect is startling, but it also gives a sense of the kind of colour a medieval church may have had. The stencil work, based on floral themes, was the idea of Rev W. Wiggins, vicar of Hampnett in 1868. The church building itself idates to the Norman period.
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Two photos of the enrtrance to St George's, Hampnett |
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The understated entrance gives no hint of the colour that waits within. |
Looking into the chancel. Note the lovely ribbed vaulting shown in this photo and the next two. |
Similar to the previous photo, this shot gives a better look at the chancel roof |
These photos can only give a glimpse of the almost overwhelming interior colour that graces St George's, Hampnett. |
Location
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Details
Hampnett
Cotswolds
Gloucestershire
England
OS SP097 162
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Nearest Attractions
St George's, Hampnett
0.4 miles (Church) Northleach, St Peter and St Paul
1.4 miles (Church) Northleach
1.4 miles (Town) Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music
1.6 miles (Museum) Compton Abdale, St Oswald
2.4 miles (Church) Salperton, All Saints
2.6 miles (Church) Notgrove
2.7 miles (Village) Notgrove Long Barrow
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