Vibrant colours of medieval encaustic tiles in the Parish Church of Holy Trinity in the village of West Hendred, Oxfordshire, England.
West Hendred, Oxfordshire, England: medieval encaustic tiles from the 1300s on the floor of the Parish Church of Holy Trinity. Encaustic or inlaid tiles are fired clay tiles with a pattern, such as a heraldic motif, picked out in clay inlay of a contrasting colour. They were made by impressing a pattern in the unfired clay to a shallow depth using a carved wooden mould. The resulting indentations were filled with liquid clay (slip) of a different colour. The tiles were glazed with a simple lead glaze. Holy Trinity Church is of the Decorated period. It was entirely rebuilt in the 1300s, replacing an 800s wooden church referred to in Domesday. The chancel was rebuilt around 1320 and the nave, aisles and western tower between 1390 and 1410. Some of the tiles in the church may have come from the nearby ancient Sparsholt Court Manor, which was pulled down in 1721.
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Location: Holy Trinity Parish Church, West Hendred, Oxfordshire, England
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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