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Bulphan - St. Mary the Virgin

The church was built in the 15th century. The timber cladding on a brick plinth, and tiled tower and roof, make for an attractive building. Decorative carving on the wooden porch is particularly good: Pevsner suggests a carpenter from London might have done the work. The wooden tower stands internally on six posts forming a nave and aisles, with cross beams and diagonal braces. The church was restored in 1874. The building in the foreground is the parish room (2000), which was made of similar materials to the church and built close to but separate from the church itself. Would that all recent additions to the Church's estate were so harmonious.
Bulphan - St. Mary the Virgin