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St Giles' Church, Pipe Aston is in Pipe Aston, Herefordshire.

Around 1150. St Giles' Church, Pipe Aston [Map] is ancient, and full of history. It There is parking next to the Church. St Giles' is best known for its Norman tympanum and painted interior.

The painted interior of St Giles' Church, Pipe Aston [Map] which was discovered during restoration in 1879.

The Herefordshire School of Carving at St Giles' Church, Pipe Aston [Map]. Tympanun over the North doorway. An "agnus dei" - lamb of God - flanked by a winged eagle and a winged bull surrounded byan archivolt of animals and foliage enclosed within a chevroned arch. The church guide describes the eagle as the emblem of St John complementing the winged bull emblem of St Luke which has at the end of one of its forelegs a block that is assumed to be St Luke’s Gospel. Malcolm Thurlby, in this excellent book "The Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture" suggest the carving is of a griffin. The imposts at the end of the arches have, on the left, dragons entwined, and, on the right, foliage.

2009. The clergy and Roll of Service at St Giles' Church, Pipe Aston [Map].