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St Mary the Virgin, Walsgrave on Sowe, Warwickshire

Location
(52°25′25″N, 1°26′38″W)
Walsgrave on Sowe
SP 379 808
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Warwickshire
now West Midlands
  • Harry Bodenham

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Feature Sets
Description

The chancel, nave, N and S aisles, vestry, S porch and W tower of the church all date from the 14th and 15thc. The SW corner of the church is now enveloped externally by recently built parish rooms. The font is the only Romanesque feature.

History

The church was originally a chapel on the ancient estate of Coventry Priory and was not one of the Chester chapels granted to the priory in the 12thc.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

This form of font arcading is also seen at Wyken (Ed.)

Bibliography
VCH, 8:343-346.