Walpole St Peter: passage under the chancel
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Walpole St Peter: passage under the chancel
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 18 Aug 2000
In "England's Thousand Best Churches" Simon Jenkins wrote: "This is not just a 'bolt-hole', its local nickname, but a passage with cobbles underfoot, tierceron vault and no fewer than 12 bosses. It must form the handsomest covered street in England. The purpose is unknown, but it was probably an ancient processional route of such significance that nobody dared divert it when the chancel was rebuilt above." The building framed by the arch is the last house on School Lane.
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