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St George

St George

Stowlangtoft

Suffolk

Parish church, c.1370-1390 for, principally, Robert Dacey de Ashfield.

Architectural Features

A fine series of grotesque gargoyles, and the base of a gable cross.

Moulded porch doorway with shafts whose mouldings suggest reuse from an earlier C14 building.

Lower part of C15 rood screen remains, with original paintwork to the framing: the tracery includes carved figures.

TL9568 : St George, Stowlangtoft - Font

Octagonal limestone font with figures beneath arches on each face of the bowl, and fluted stem.

TL9568 : St George, Stowlangtoft - Font

© John Salmon

Fine C15 benches in the nave, incorporating clapboarded dado.

Poppyhead bench-ends with tracery below, and upon the buttresses stand a wide variety of carved figures.

Fine C15 choirstalls, with much high-quality carving including traceried panels and figures standing on the bench-ends.

The misericord seats have complete figure carving beneath.

C15 stained glass in heads of nave windows at west end.

Monument to Paul D'Ewes in chancel, by John Johnson of London, 1624: kneeling figure with two wives, son and seven daughters.

Monument to Sir Willoughby D'Ewes : an open pediment on twisted columns.

Medieval slab in chancel floor with indents for brass figures and shields.

Brass inscription on north chancel wall to Paul D'Ewes Several C16 and C18 floor slabs, some with coats of arms.

The church is of outstanding interest as a closely-dated example of a single-phase late C14 building.