Yorkshire church to be adorned with Chronicles of Narnia statues

St Mary’s church in Beverley commissions sculptures of CS Lewis characters to replace medieval carvings

Narnia’s mythical creatures and talking beasts, which have enchanted children for 70 years, have found a new home at a 12th-century parish church in east Yorkshire.

Aslan the lion, the White Witch and Mr Tumnus the faun are among 14 handmade stone carvings being installed on the outer walls of St Mary’s church in Beverley to replace medieval carvings that have crumbled away.

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