The Guttridge files – Signs of the times
Published in January ’21
THE present vicar suspects that it’s an apocryphal tale but whether he’s right or wrong, it’s too good a story not to tell. High above the altar at All Saints’ Church at Easton, Portland, is an artistic gem – a beautifully painted ceiling depicting the twelve signs of the zodiac. All Saints was built during World War 1 at the instigation of the then Rector of Portland, Rev. David Barnes Griggs. The story goes that Mr Griggs commissioned some Oxford students to paint pictures and emblems of the saints. When he discovered they had painted astrological …
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