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More of Witley Court Church, Worcestershire, England
The interior of this church is truly astonishing. It was built around 1735 with a rather plain interior but in 1774 it was transformed by the addition of stained glass windows and oil on canvas paintings, which were placed insitu on a new curved ceiling, purpose built to hold the central painting. This painting is stretched onto a wooden curved frame.
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The ceiling showing the central painting - 'The Ascension'.The moulds for the wall and ceiling decorations were taken from elsewhere and recreated using papier mache.
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The Foley Monument, sculpted by Michael Rysbrack, dates from 1737 and is one of the tallest funerary monuments in the country.
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In 2012 three of the vaults in the crypt were opened by the Museum of London Archaeology Service to reveal nine lead coffins in various states of decay. These coffins are part of that discovery.
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The 1804 Samuel Thorp, the village clockmaker, was commisioned to make this tower clock which has now been restored and is now in working order. It can be seen in the Crypt.
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