Plans to install a set of Stations of the Cross in a historic Anglican church have been dropped after a "vociferous" campaign against them by parishioners at Thaxted Church, in Essex, who said they were "garish" and "tatty".The 14 Stations were designed and carved in oak by a Catholic sculptor, Peter Foster, son of Anthony Foster, a pupil of the influential sculptor and typeface designer, Eric Gill.
The vicar, Revd Raymond Taylor, blamed the row on personalities and theology in equal measure.
"There was vociferous opposition to the Stations," he said.
"Artistically some people thought they were dreadful. They felt they were too heavily painted. One person said they looked too much like Walsingham on a bad day."