The Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin – Warmington – East Northamptonshire

This gem was discovered while campaigning in the Corby by-election of 2012, this time thanks to a chat on a doorstep with a gentleman who lived just yards away. It was some years later, having moved to the East Midlands, before I could return to see the interior of this spectacular church, as described by the gentleman, and the Domesday Book, which it houses.

The reason became clear as I entered, the roof is beyond beautiful. The ribbed vault, and the honey tone colours of the wood, are the perfect compliment to show off the master craftmenship, the construction of the roof, an imitation of stone vaulting.