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Ceiling bosses (intersectional) X 4, St. Mary's Lydiard Tregoze, fifteenth century

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15th century carved oak wooden figures (known as bosses), adorn the chancel ceiling in St. Mary's Lydiard Tregoze. The bosses, of which a selection are shown here, were cleaned in 2019 as part of major conservation works in the church. Analysis undertaken at the time demonstrated that they had not been previously painted.