If an event is held in a church I've not visited it's a good opportunity to go - knowing it will definitely be open and I went to St Peter's Hepworth while they were holding a small art exhibition but it then made it very difficult to take photos. So HERE is a link to Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches website so you can see all the things I couldn't!
The font cover is quite amazing and dates from the C15 and survived a fire in 1898 when the thatched roof, as the church had at the time, was completely destroyed.
The paintings were interesting but nothing that stood out. There were more paintings in the village hall and I really should have taken a photo of a very colourful picture of Silver Birches in autumn which was lovely but expensive.
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Sue
Old churches, cathedrals especially, fill me with amazement and awe - how they constructed them so many 100s of years ago without all the advanced tools of today just confounds me.
ReplyDeleteAnd so many churches all being built around the same time. There are 700+ just in Suffolk!
DeleteThank you for the link. The carvings are so old. I found the memorials to dead children very poignant, the joy of having a baby always tinged with the fear of premature death. Common enough, I know, but tragic.
ReplyDeleteIt was a poor church visit but thank goodness for Simon Knotts Suffolk Church website
DeleteAgree with Sooze and Janice above, fascinating Thank you
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
It was a poor visit!
DeleteRe Chelsworth - you can park opposite the pub.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about Simon Knott’s website. He has documented so many churches.
He's probably spent more time in churches than any vicar ever has!
DeleteFascinating church. In the first photo, I think I see metal straps at the two corners of the exterior. Are they decorative or structural?
ReplyDeleteLooking at art is always a toss-up; sometimes finding nothing that appeals. That said, there are generally buyers for anything with preferences beyond mine.
Probably structural for the tower
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have ever seen a font cover, very interesting and such intricate carving.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I know I've mentioned this before, but you do take very well and appropriately lit photos with that camera!
ReplyDeleteAnother nice church visit. How many have you visited now? How many do you have left to go?
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