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Signs of past splendour

The Norman round tower of St John’s looks out over old farms and woods.

At first sight it is a simple rural church, but the battered stonework of the 13th-century porch, with its three canopied niches, shows clear signs of past splendour, as do the notable Decorated windows, the fine Norman doorway, and the evocative little stone heads that peer out from the carved stone arches.

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