Distinctive Church

THE Holiday Inn I was staying at is on the edge of an area known as Walsgrave, or Walsgrave on Sowe.

Today it is part of the city of Coventry, but for many years was a separate village, having its own chapel by 1221.

The chapel was replaced by St Mary's Church in about 1300, with a somewhat-squat tower added in the 1400s.

St Mary's today

I was not able to enter, but apparently the church still has a Norman font from the original chapel.