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Lullingstone Roman Villa (house-church)
Eynsford, Kent, United Kingdom · Britain & Ireland
51.364, 0.196
Attested. Archaeologically attested.
In the later 4th century the owners of this villa fitted out rooms as a Christian chapel, painted with chi-rho monograms and a row of praying figures (orantes). It is one of the earliest known Christian places of worship in Britain. The painted plaster is now in the British Museum.
Source stance: neutral. Archaeology.
People and groups named here
- Villa owners (unnamed)
Sources
- Lullingstone Roman Villa
English Heritage. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 79582: Lullingstone
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Lullingstone Roman Villa (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
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