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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Peter and St Paul's Church (Chaldon) Alternative Name: Chaldon Mural; Doom Mural (Chaldon); Ladder of Salvation (Chaldon)Country: England County: Surrey Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Caterham Nearest Village: Chaldon
Map Ref: TQ3087455694
Latitude: 51.285356N Longitude: 0.124722W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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This church, which has its origins back in the 11th century, has a wall painting circa 1200AD described by Historic England as "one of the most important English wall paintings of that date.
Measuring 17ft by 11ft, it is coloured ochre, red and white. In two halves, divided by a 'cloudy band', it depicts a type of purgatorial ladder. Historic England List ID 1029813 describes the panel as: "Divided in two by cloudy band with the lower half decorated to torments and punishments of the wicked, the upper half devoted to the judgement and salvation of souls. In the centre is a ladder with Christ above. The main figures include the tree of knowledge,). with the serpent (bottom right), the seven deadly sins and a cauldron for boiling murderers. Across the top are depicted the 3 Marys and Elijah and Enoch ascending to heaven, Christ defeating the devil and Christ preaching to the spirits in prison".
The church is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 403794, where this important painting is refered to as the Ladder of Salvation. The church has its own website - see St Peter and St Pauls, Chaldon, which tells us the church is mentioned in the Domesday book and "Visitors are very welcome and the church is open from 10am to 4.00pm daily".
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