Ringshall was a small village among fields like so many other villages until a large area of land there was taken for RAF Wattisham at the beginning of the war. RAF Wattisham changed to an Army Air Corps Apache Helicopter force base in 1993 and occupies a large area of land with the villages of Wattisham, Ringshall and Gt Bricett on it's boundaries.
Ringshall church is about two miles from the village centre off the road up a short track on a rise. The tower is unusual as it hasn't had much alteration since it was built in late Norman times.
Stepping in is like stepping into a Suffolk barn with it's rough cut oak beams and rafters, probably reused when the church, like so many others was restored by the Victorians.
and also on the tower you can see where the roof was lowered when it would have been changed from thatch to tiles in the C19
More recently work has been done replacing stone around some of the windows.
It was a gloomy day and a bit dark inside with the only colour being two Victorian stained glass windows in the sanctuary
More about Ringshall tomorrow
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I love the Good Shepherd stained glass. And approve of sensible pulpit steps with a solid handrail!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely atmospheric church. It must have been very peaceful inside.
ReplyDeleteLove that Medieval font. What a lovely church - good to see the structure of fixing the ceiling in place. At Ynyswen we had beams protruding from the front wall where they had put a further story on and just put them in place then built the wall around them.
ReplyDeleteIt's plain and simple, a comfortable and comforting place to be.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely SO precious ! We love visiting ancient churches . Goodness , the stories they could tell ! The prayers of hopes and joys of our ancestors .
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely church
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
The stone exterior and arched entry are striking. The arch oak beams throughout are impressive. There were no cranes to lift ceiling beams into place. Imagine the effort it took to build the church.
ReplyDeleteThe church looks well maintained and loved.
Goodness, it must have taken forever to put all of those stones in place to build the walls. What a huge amount of work!
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