This small parish church in Kilpeck is a gem of romanesque architecture and carving. Kilpeck is in Herfordshire, England

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The parish church of St. Mary and St. David, Kilpeck, in the Diocese of Hereford near to the Welsh border, is home to the finest collection of Romanesque sculpture in England. It was built in about 1140 and has survived remarkably intact and unaltered to the present day.

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Location: Kilpeck, Herfordshire, England
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