Despite appearances, this is not a stained glass window. It is a painting on glass.
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St Giles Church – Calke Abbey
From Derbyshire UK:
St Gile’s church lies in the grounds of Calke Abbey. The earliest reference to a church on this site is in 1129 when it was seized from Calke Priory by the Abbot of Chester.
It was rebuilt in 1826 with a narrow tower and embattled nave.
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The central courtyard shows the Elizabethan core of the house.
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The National Trust has taken care to preserve the 19th-century yellow and white limewash on the walls of The West Passage.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
Seneca the Younger (4 B.C. – 65 A.D)
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