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104 - Phallic figure
Painswick
DATE 15th century
AUTHOR Anonymous - UK
MEDIA Stone
SIZE Unknown
LOCATION UK - Gloucestershire - Painswick - Church of St Mary the Virgin
NOTES This figure lies on a corner stone of the Church. The church which was originally Norman was remodelled around 1480 in the perpendicular style.

This phallic male figure has stubby arms and legs with a bald head and a pointed beard. Between his legs there are pair of small weathered testicles and his long thin penis rises almost to his chest. The penis is also slightly off centre.

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