Diddlebury
The internal face of the north wall of the nave consists of a fine herringbone facing, much superior to the similar work at Ashleworth.
Externally the facing is a rough ashlar and contains a blocked
Romanesque doorway and a fine double splayed Romanesque light.
Within the nave the north-west corner of the tower wall consists
of a similar high quality herringbone work. The main entrance via
the west front of the tower consists of a reduced elliptical arch of 2
orders. Most of this work would appear to be Saxon, although the
herringbone has been claimed to be patching work. This in turn
begs the question as to why they would have bothered laying it in this
fashion is uncertain. The south faith of the tower carries 2
sheila-na-gigs.
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Paul Martin Remfry
