This is the Minster in Wimborne Minster which is a small town in Dorset...
On the north side of the west tower you will find a replica of a grenadier dressed in his very smart red coat.
He is what is called a Quarterjack and he strikes the bells to tell the time every quarter hour.
Originally he was a monk but was repainted as a grenadier during the Napoleonic wars 1803 / 1815.
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