A lovely historic church located directly beside Westbury Court
Garden.
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Westbury's church is unusual in that it has a completely detatched bell tower, something more common on the continent than it is in Europe.
On the east side of the door frame lead into the south porch are these two medieval 'crusader crosses'
Inside the north porch is this fragment of a late 13th century coffin, discovered when the Chantry Chapel was rebuilt in 1862.
The font is a very simple, unadorned Norman bowl atop an Elizabethan pedestal.
Detail of a dragon carved on the font base. The base is dated 1581 and is carved with the arms of Elizabeth I.
Near the lectern is this glass case which houses a copy of John Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs'
The nave arcade; the pillars are late 13th century. The pews are Elizabethan, with linen-fold decoration on the end panels. They were probably originally designed as box pews, but late remodelled.
To the south of the altar is a lovely eight-hole rose piscina, here lit up with lovely colours from the stained glass window above.
Memorial to Frederick Wintle (d. 1817) on the north side of the chancel. The stone mason has placed 'Asia' where Australia should be on the globe.
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