One of Suffolk's 38 round tower churches, this has two huge butresses.
A newer vestry and hall for villagers use has been added to the side, built to match in rather well.
A very plain font
Through the nave to the chancel, it is a small church and has a north aisle
There are two newer stained glass windows. This commemorates a farmer who lived in The Grange in the village for 48 years.
The second is the memorial to those from the village who died in WWII.
There is also a First World War memorial
The East window is typical Victorian as is most of the church interior which was rebuilt in the 1850s, before that the church had been in a very poor state.
The reredos shows the last supper
There are a few carved bench ends in the chancel mostly from C18. I thought I'd taken photos of the others but it seems I didn't.
This is church number 137 in Suffolk that I've visited. I started linking the individual church posts to the A-Z Suffolk churches post. It's taking ages, I'm only back to 2024 and getting RSI!!
(And bother to Blogger which still isn't updating posts properly in my reading list in the sidebar - annoying)
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Churches often tell the history of the community.
ReplyDeleteSo much history in all the churches I've visited
DeleteSome lovely stained glass there. I especially liked the farmer's window, with the birds eating the grain in the bottom left.
ReplyDeleteIt's always nice to see stained glass that's more recent than the Victorian
DeleteWhy the round tower?
ReplyDeleteI think it was easier to build sturdy round towers with flints between the 11th and 14th centuries which are the only building material available here - and the builders would have been influenced by older styles
DeleteYes, those birds caught my eye too, such lovely detail. You can see the PreRaphaelite influence in that Last Supper reredos. I looked it up,and it is by Powell of Whitechapel, who did a lot of stuff with the PR artists. Thank you Sue - a really lovely post. You aren't showing up on my blog feed properly. I now check my "favourites" automatically each morning because of this annoying blogger glitch!
ReplyDeleteThe blogger thing is annoying for sure.
DeleteA rare round tower, buttressed as well. It may have been defensive of course. There are I think 10 round towers in Essex. Thelmax
ReplyDeleteNorfolk has the most - the butresses are huge here
DeleteBeautiful stained glass and the Last Supper painting is ethereal in its presentation. Catriona
ReplyDeleteThe light catches The Last Supper rather well
DeleteI'm glad I rescrolled {no such word} as not all the images showed up and I would have missed that beautiful reredos! How good it is to see the new vestry/hall built sympathetically to the church architecture.
ReplyDeleteThe Herb Robert is prolific here too, and such a gentle invader that I leave it proliferate. Again, another one of the herbs I will be studying later in the course.
You'll have to let me know what the Herb Robert is useful for - I don't fancy eating it
DeleteVery unusual with the round tower, lovely.
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Yeah, I've noticed the Blogger problem. Annoying is right! Love the carved pew-ends, and I don't ever recall seeing a round-towered church.
ReplyDeleteWe only have two round towered churches throughout the whole of Sussex and I have yet to see either. Beautiful stained glass to the farmer.
ReplyDeleteI am curious. What is a North aisle? I ask because I think my old episcopal church might have what you are describing...almost a wing of seating, part of, but separate from the other pews. I sat there sometimes when my tinnitus was bad enough that the organ was too loud to endure.
ReplyDeleteThe round tower is unusual and unique to me. The beautiful stained glass dedicated to specific church members is lovely. This church has a lovely history.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful. I don't see churches like that here.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely places of peace to visit. I love your church posts.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I really like that tower! I don't think I've seen one like it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tour
I like the church that you shared, and I remember seeing some of the stained glassed windows when I was in England years ago. Have a good weekend! Becky Lowmaster https:grandmabeckyl.blogspot.com
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