Southwold Church

 This post is not as good as it should have been, I took the new camera only to find it must have been left on and the battery was dead. So I had to use the phone and it's not easy (for me!) to hold steady for zooming. Plus just as I arrived there the Tyre Pressure light came on in the car, so all the time I was there I was wondering if I was going to have a flat tyre or get home again! Plus it was too blinkin' cold to linger.

There are fewer photos than there should have been - some were too blurred to include.

 Southwold St Edmund stands proud in the centre of this busy seaside town.

The porch is very impressive and there is St Edmund, all tied up, over the door.

And the reason it is included in the 100 treasures in 100 Suffolk churches book is because of the magnificent rood screen which stretches right across the church. Each section is like a medieval 'Old Master' although each face has been damaged later by the Puritans.

This is just a small part

This is the view down the nave of this long and wide church

The East window shows Edmunds life 

Sorry, this is a fuzzy close up of the Altar background 

The ceiling of the chancel is very beautiful

Colourful cushions and kneelers in the front row of the Choir stalls

and interesting carved arm rests in the back row. 

Carved angels toot their horns on the top of the organ pipe surround 

The 'wine glass' Pulpit it highly decorated and it's a surprise that it survived the puritans - sorry - it's another fuzzy photo!

A huge and ornate font cover on the font stretches high above

On the right you can see the Clock Jack, he used to strike the bell with his axe every hour. These are quite rare and just two in Suffolk the other being at Blythburgh not far away

Much better photos HERE on the Suffolk Churches website

I will go back - when the weather is warmer and with a full camera battery (and hopefully no tyre problems!)

Back Tomorrow

Sue