Sutton Benger - II
All photographs are copyright to Wiltshire Green Men
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Sutton Benger - IIAll photographs are copyright to Wiltshire Green Men |
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Type: | Foliate coiffure |
| Location: | Church of All Saints | |
| OS GR: | ST 947786 | |
| Period: | Uncertain | |
| Medium: | Wood, bench-end, hand-rest | |
| Foliage: | Stylised | |
| Mood: | Serene | |
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Foliate locks This character is perhaps not strictly a green man, but his flowing hair is strongly reminiscent of foliage and, at this church where there are five other green men, this cannot be accidental. He is in the chancel, on the south side, on a bench-end to one side of the aisle. His forehead is rubbed and polished by the hands of the many clergy who must have rested their palms upon him over the years. His receding hair flows back from the dome of his head and curls back in long, strap-like leaves to merge with the bench-end. His partner on the bench-end to the other side of the aisle has much plainer locks, more like feathers than foliage. Also at Sutton Benger
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Design
by Black Cat Folklore |
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