Great Braxted All Saints Church Leper Squint
A leper squint or hagioscope on the outside wall of Great Braxted All Saints Church (or Church of All Saints) which is located within the confines of the private Braxted Park Estate and its very long perimeter wall near the villages of Great and Little Braxted in the County of Essex (UK).
A leper squint is a hole in external wall of a church so that lepers could see the service or receive communion while outside and without coming into contact with the rest of the congregation.
All Saints Church at Great Braxted was founded in about 1115 and is a Grade II* listed building.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagioscope
All my Churches www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/church/
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Great Braxted All Saints Church Leper Squint
A leper squint or hagioscope on the outside wall of Great Braxted All Saints Church (or Church of All Saints) which is located within the confines of the private Braxted Park Estate and its very long perimeter wall near the villages of Great and Little Braxted in the County of Essex (UK).
A leper squint is a hole in external wall of a church so that lepers could see the service or receive communion while outside and without coming into contact with the rest of the congregation.
All Saints Church at Great Braxted was founded in about 1115 and is a Grade II* listed building.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagioscope
All my Churches www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/church/
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.