On a hill, a couple of hundred yards away from the stately home of Croome Court in Worcestershire, stands the church of St Mary Magdalene. The medieval church that served the village and was nearer the grand house was demolished in the 1760s to make way for this Gothick structure. It was designed by the landscape architect, Capability Brown, for the Earl of Coventry. The interior is the work of Robert Adam. Though the overall shape of the church mimics historical Gothic, the details are fanciful, departing radically from the medieval precedents.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
