The Church at Pettistree

St Peter and St Paul's at Pettistree.

(This post has been sitting in drafts for a few weeks now, I went there just after Easter and haven't been to a church since, so will need to get out visiting again soon.)

Another village church in another small village but each one is different. This one has very high nave walls and you can see where there was once a clerestorey (High windows) which has been filled in.

View down the nave toward the altar. I noticed that a bit of painting  will be needed soon! The stencilled wording on the arch says " Worship the Lord with Holy Worship"

Such an unusual font. Instead of round or octagonal and made of old stone. It is square and looks very modern, although the plinth it stands on looks much older.

This is interesting, all about the bells, how they work and their history. How bells are made and rung and the pattern for ringing one of the many "changes" there are in bell ringing. ( I was married to a bell ringer for 3 years BC -  Before Colin- so know all the jargon - he ran off with another bell ringer!)

(whatever was that green box in the corner? with a hole in the top? didn't noticed it when I took the photo. Very odd)


I've never seen this in a church before, do all village churches have vaults? in our wet heavy clay soils of Suffolk it might have been difficult.

Below is the feature which gets this church it's mention in the 100 treasures book. It is a rare stone  altar slab found in 2005. It features four of the five consecration crosses. It would have been covered in the C16 Reformation. All stone altars had to be broken up  and replaced by wooden tables  by a law of 1540 but instead of breaking up the sacred stone many were just plastered over.

A corner of the back of the church is curtained off for storage . I liked that they had had a special post carved to hold the curtains

As it was the week after Easter when I visited the church was still full of the most beautiful flower arrangements.

There are many memorials to this family in the aisle

These brasses of Francis Bacon (not any of the famous men called Francis Bacon)and his two wives is dated 1580 and is on the wall instead of the floor.

More about this church HERE on the Suffolk Churches website.

Thank you for all the comments about my bargains on yesterday's post.

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Sue

I Reckon His Wife...............................

.............................wasn't best pleased when she got back to her car boot table.

He was explaining to someone else that his wife had just gone to look round and he wasn't sure on prices.
I picked up these and said "How Much?" . He said " Oh I'm not sure ....£3?"   " Will you take £2?" I asked and he said yes. So I paid up and left PDQ.

Because I'd spotted the label that said £15!

My first thought with these was to use them for planters, the small one was just the right size for the top of the "shabby chic" ladder. But on closer inspection decided they were too good to use outside, and I don't think I really need them indoors, so they'll go back to a boot sale for a profit!

My other purchase was this box of hot chocolate drinks, the sort of thing you buy for people for Christmas when you don't know what they want. I bet it was about £6.99 at Christmas. I paid 50p.

After the pricey Olive tree at Saturdays boot-sale, £2.50 was a much better spend for Sunday.

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At the Saturday Car-boot Sale I bought an Olive Tree...................

 .............................................and then I went to Lidl and bought another one!

I didn't go to Lidl to buy an Olive tree but when I saw them I thought maybe two would be better than one for pollination or whatever ( although I think they might be self pollinating). The car-boot one is trained as  a standard and already several feet tall. The Lidl one is only 9 inches tall - hopefully I can keep it alive, hopefully they'll produce fruit but if not they will cheer up the patio as they are evergreen but a totally different colour leaf than the Camellia.
The Lidl one was £2.99, the car boot one was ..............quite a bit more! It was a cheer-up a sort-of- sad Saturday purchase and when I look at them I will always remember that I got them exactly one year after Colin died, it will turn a sad memory into a happy memory as they grow.......and Col's Mum's name was Olive so another memory.

According to the card attached to the bigger of the two trees, Olive trees can live for 2,000 years ........that's a lot of time to look after a tree in a pot!

Many thanks for all the caring comments on Saturday, thank you to everyone for the support. It was an OK day after all, I kept busy, went out and about, spoke to lots of people, came home and read a good book.
 Hello and welcome to some new followers - up to 500 - goodness me.


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Sue