Ludgershall

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	Type:	Foliage-spewer
	Location:	Church of St James
	OS GR:	SU 263509
	Period:	Perhaps Early English, a similar date to the chancel where he is set
	Medium:	Stone
	Foliage:	Stylised
	Mood:	Blank, blind, cadaverous
Watching over the pulpit Ludgershall's green man is placed directly above the pulpit in the parish church, but he is somewhat masked by a splendid brass candelabrum which means he is rather difficult to photograph effectively. He is aged, the sharpness of the carving blurred by the passing years; in fact, with his collapsed nose and sunken eyes he seems somewhat like corpse-like. But he has a fine head of hair, arranged in big curls, and a large, wide mouth from which the foliage flows generously. He is a classic foliage-spewer, with no lower jaw in evidence. Also at Ludgershall several other stone heads dotted around the church The Brydges Tomb (1558) with its comedy lion Ludgershall castle earthworks Mediaeval cross, Castle Street

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