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All Saints

All Saints

Worlingham

Suffolk

Medieval, considerably restored 1873-4.

Architectural Features

C15 knapped flint tower with 4-stage diagonal buttresses to the west and a crenellated parapet enriched with flushwork

C14 nave doorway.

C15 porch with 2-light square headed side windows.

To the south of the chancel is a C15 3-bay chapel.

to the west of the chancel arch is a further bay, perhaps later, with carved heads against the capitals.

The east end of the chapel is used as a vestry, the doorway having carved label stops.

C15 carved octagonal front on a 2-stepped base, the upper step with quarterfoil tracery to the riser.

A screen below the tower arch incorporates 2 traceried panels from the dado of the former rood screen.

The furnishings are largely mid and late C19, but 6 C15 poppyhead bench ends remain in the nave.

In the chapel is a good marble wall monument by Chantrey to 2 members of the Sparrow family who died in 1809 and 1818.

2 early C16 effigy braces to Nicholas Wrenne and his wife have been remounted on the north chancel wall.