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St Guthlac's Church

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St Guthlac's Church

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Pevsner describes St Guthlac's tower as "literally surrounded by mystery". Visiting in 1968, he found the church "not in a good state". He dismisses the theory that the present west tower, with its pyramidal roof, was originally the central tower of a cruciform church, for as he points out "there is no indication of an arch to the nave west of the tower, and instead of a north transept arch [there] is just a small arch as of a doorway but with remarkably big stones." Compare with the much larger Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.032268
Longitude
-0.23233