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Pretty and peaceful church located in the sleepy village of Corley near Coventry in Warwickshire. The church stands at the highest point in Warwickshire, and is thought to have been one of the earliest places of worship in country!

Here stands an unexpected outcrop in the shape of a wall made up of Coventry Sandstone, also known as Corley Rocks. It's a magnificent place to stop and admire some rock formations that are thought to have been there since the boundary of the Carboniferous and Permian periods.

Refreshment stop

A Lovely different type of place .Seems out of place.

Fillongley’s heritage interpretation feature is ‘The Family’. Carved by Graeme Mitcheson from sandstone, it shows the family group with each member holding a representation of local heritage. The father - a lamb, for its farming history. The mother - a lantern, recalling the light that used to always burn in the church to remember villagers who had passed away. The daughter - a banner of silk, to remember the towns ancient silk weaving industry and showing part of the historic De Hastings family coat of arms. The son - a loaf of bread, a tribute to the village’s ancient mill and a reminder that the village was at one time self-sufficient.

Wrought iron cross affixed to short stem on an octagonal plinth standing on wall buttress, The War Memorial was funded by members of the Fillongley village community and supported by the parish council, who are now custodians of the memorial. The unveiling took place on June 25th 1922.

The parish church of St Mary and All Saints dates from the 12th century but the tower was a later addition. Inside are examples of 14th-century stained glass. Among the graves is that of Isaac Pearson, the uncle of the Victorian novelist George Eliot, who lived in Arbury nearby. Church. C12 chancel now mainly C15, C14 nave, C15 north chapel and C13 west tower with C15 bell stage. Coursed sandstone rubble; coursed and squared sandstone. Plain-tiled roofs with crocketed pinnacles to east gable of nave and gable end cross. Embattled west tower of 3 stages. 2 lower stages are C13. One lancet window to each stage of side wall. C15 west doorway in 4-centred arch in square head. Angle buttressing. Bell stage, C15,has in each wall two 2-light openings with foiled heads in 2-centred arches. Nave has embattled parapet. C15 clerestory of 5 windows, each of two cinquefoil lights in square head. 3, C14, windows; 2 of 3 trefoil lights in 2-centred arches of 2 chamfered orders, and one of 2 trefoil lights. 2 stage gable buttressing. Chancel: South wall has 2 windows, each of 3 lights and a C15 doorway in 4-centred arch in square head. East window of 3 trefoil lights in moulded 2-centred arch. North chapel: C15. Embattled parapet. 2 windows in north wall of 3 trefoil lights in 4-centred arches. 2 stage buttressing with offsets. Interior: South doorway to nave, C14. 2 hollow and roll moulded orders in 2-centred arch with label and mask stops. C13 tower arch of 3 chamfered orders in 2-centred arch. Original gable end of roof visible in west wall of tower. C19 roof boarded. Braced tie beams. Chancel arch 2-centred and of 2 wave moulded orders. The chancel has a C19 roof of wind braced through purlins. North chapel C15. 2 bays open to chancel. 2-centred arches of 2 hollow moulded orders on octagonal column with moulded capital and base. Original roof with moulded ridge tie beams and purlins. Carved bosses at intersections. Font, C15. Stone. Round bowl with vertical ribs dividing the panels. Wall monument, north wall of chancel. Mrs. Daniel and daughter, 1725. White marble tablet with grey marble fluted ionic pilasters and crest. Chest. Oak. 1729. Oak with iron fittings. Gift of Geo. Aley of Black Hall, Fillongley.

They look as if they have been used for short climbing... Just lift Corley...