This is another of those churches that is really 'just up the road' and I wonder why I've not been before.
It has an unusual round tower and inside are some things not often seen in small village churches and Brome really is a very small village.
In from the road through the lovely Lych Gate
Looking very different to many village churches
Fantastic flint work. Below is a curious bit outside between tower and nave
Usually the font is straight ahead when entering but this is different - it's in the base of the round tower
Looking down the nave to the altar
Yet another Suffolk church with memories of the USAF who were based on one of the many airfields here during WWII
Mother and child
Very unusual and ornate Victorian stone pulpit
More carved stone on the Reredos behind the altar and the altar rail. The sculptural work was all done by Thomas Jekyll a well known sculptor of the time.
(editing in to say that I made a mistake here and Jekyll was the designer and James Williams the Ipswich sculptor. Thank you Ang for making me check!)
Carved tombs more suited to one of the much bigger town churches, dating from 1544
All the tombs and memorials are for parts of the Cornwallis family who were a powerful and important family at the end of the Medieval period and into Elizabeth 1st reign.
This is a beautiful stained glass window with an usual design for a small village church
More of the history and more photos HERE - Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches website.
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A lovely post. Thomas Jekyll is the Norfolk guy who designed the fabulous gates at Sandringham [the place where people laid all their flowers after the Queens death 3 years ago]
ReplyDeleteThank you for making me check the facts. I was in a hurry writing and didn't research properly
DeleteI wonder if he's related to Gertrude Jekyll of gardening fame?
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ReplyDeleteLots of interesting features in this one. I always find flint work attractive.
This seems especially neat
DeleteI don't think I have ever seen a village church with a round tower before. Very unusual!
ReplyDeleteNorfolk has the most and then Suffolk. I've visited several now
DeleteWhat a beautiful church.
ReplyDeleteUnexpected in such a small village
DeleteWhat a truly fabulous church. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt is rather interesting
DeleteWhat an amazing church in such a small village. The stained glass is my favourite part. Catriona
ReplyDeleteIt's surviving well, thankfully
DeleteThat Lych Gate is lovely, and why on earth does that little bit between the tower and the knave remind me of an owl!!
ReplyDeleteIt does look like an owl!
DeleteI do like a lych gate - makes a proper entrance
DeleteThat is such an interesting church, full of hidden delights.The rose window is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt's more like something from a bigger church
DeleteAnother beautiful and intriguing church, TQ
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
You're welcome!
DeleteIn your "spare time" you could write a history of how this little gem came to be. Or you could write a historical novel about it. I am gifted in identifying projects for other people, glad to share with you.
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Someone should write a historical novel about it but not me!
DeleteThe detailed flint work and the design really does set this church apart. The Lynch gate with walls on either side immediately sets expectations. I've never seen an alter with sculptures like this and the view of the alter is lovely with the Nave set aside. The numerous tombs are unusual too.
ReplyDeleteThe church almost seems a little museum-like. A real treasure.
Thank you for a great introduction!
It's such an unusual church for a small village
DeleteBeautiful church. Those stained windows are so pretty and that one entrance outside between tower and nave is interesting. I wonder why that is there? Boy we sure don’t have churches like that here - with the exception of the California missions. So much history in many of your old churches.
ReplyDeleteWe are so lucky to have all this history in every village
DeleteIt’s rather lovely and full of so much history. I always think that lych gates are an interesting addition too,
ReplyDeleteLych gates make a proper way in I think
DeleteWhat an amazing church! I do love the tower.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing church for such a small village. The stained glass is amazing.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
What a pretty church, both inside and out. When I saw the font, I thought, there's money in this village - an important family who invested in their church and indeed, that appears to be the case. The reredos and pulpit must have cost a king's ransom to sculpt. Some rather posh tombs too. Well worth a visit.
ReplyDeleteInteresting church, don't see many with round towers around here. That Reredos is something else
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