The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin dominates the village of Steeple Aston and is large enough to serve a medium-sized town.
It was built in the late 15th century and is Grade I listed.
The spire was struck by lightning and rebuilt in 1670, only to be struck by lightning a second time. It was not rebuilt again and the present day church has only a square tower.
Some locals have it that a third spire was abandoned on the basis that the first two lightning strikes intimated divine disapproval.
I caught this tonight as sunlight and 'summer storm' are fighting for the pre-eminence.
