The church of St Andrew, in the splendidly named village of Nether
Wallop, Hampshire. The church dates to the late Saxon era.
The main reason to visit St Andrew's church is the Saxon
wall paintings, said to be the only Anglo-Saxon paintings left in any
English parish church. They were painted around the year AD 1020 by
artists known as the Winchester School.
Over the chancel arch there was once a seated figure of Jesus
surrounded by angels. When the arch was widened in Norman times the
central figure was lost, but the flying angels are still there. The
drawing shows what it may have looked like.
On a side wall is an image of St George heading
for the dragon.
Outside the church is a very unusual family monument in the
shape of a pyramid.
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