After the Rococo Garden we drove into Painswick, the gateway to the Cotswolds. The Cotswolds stretch across five counties, as everyone knows, 800 square miles, known for its honey colored Jurassic limestone (but no dinosaurs) and for its postcard-pretty little villages, etc. Actually, Painswick was one of the nicer ones.
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| Helpful map |
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| Always read the fine print |
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| Specimen Cotswold prettiness |
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Now we are in the churchyard of St. Mary's, Painswick's
parish (Anglican) church, with its--legend says--99 sculptured
yew trees; legend has it that if one were to plant a 100th tree,
the Devil would kill it; a 100th tree was planted in 2000 and
continues to flourish; the current count is 103 |
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| Really big cemetery |
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| "Bring us a leaning shrubbery" |
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| Theft-proof yew tree |
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In Painswick we learned that these are called "table-top" tombs...
designed for family cemetery picnics |
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| Helpful map of churchyard |
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| Must be its age... |
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Nave; very wool-churchery, though lacking in some characteristic Cotswold respects, e.g., a glazed arch over the chancel; look here for an example |
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| Nice interpretive signage |
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Not much in the way of sculpture; there were some apparent
funny faces on the corbels outside, but they were mostly
melted away, as happens with outdoor limestone |
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| Organ pipes |
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