Little Livermere St Peter and St Paul?s church ruin
Introduction
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Little Livermere St Peter and St Paul?s church ruin
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 22 Apr 2007
This church is on private land and is inaccessible and probably dangerous. There is very little to see now anyway. A tall tower and a nave full of fifty-year-old trees is a sorry sight, but time will move on and one day these ruins may be accessible again and properly managed. This was once an important church. The roof was salvaged in 1947 and the fittings spread among the surrounding churches. Saxon long and short work and Norman windows and doorways were evident. For many years it had been falling into disuse and in the 1930s it was only used for funerals. The squire had his own private entrance to the church and a pew in which he could nod off without being seen by the great unwashed. Even they were herded into box-pews. Perhaps that’s why they stopped going to church. Photograph by kind permission of the owners.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.312667
Longitude
0.759754