St Giles Tympanum
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St Giles Tympanum
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 16 Oct 2023
This badly eroded tympanum is now protected behind glass, hence the reflections. It's thought it was incorporated into the present building in the 18th century. Originally it was probably over the door of St Giles chapel, a round Templar church which stood on this spot until it was destroyed along with nearby St Owen's church during the Civil War in the 17th century. When the Ledbury Road and Eign Road were widened in 1927 the foundations of the round Templar church were found. The tympanum depicts Christ in majesty and is of the 12th-century Herefordshire School of Carving.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.052755
Longitude
-2.706517