The sight of Hoarwithy village church among Herefordshire's rolling green pastures, hedges and woodlands, strikes the passer by with an interest in historic architecture, as very incongruous. Were to be seen among the dry, stony, sun-baked countryside of Tuscany its tall, narrow tower, rounded arches, apsidal chancel, loggia and roof of Roman tiles would arouse much less interest. The fact is English church architecture of the countryside is invariably Gothic or Romanesque, is rarely Byzantine (or Italianate), and when it is, usually signals the Roman catholic religion. Here it is a nineteenth century building of the Church of England.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
