Architectural Features
C15 tower with 3-stage diagonal buttresses to the west face, both the buttresses and crenellated parapet with flushwork decoration
the south aisle is early C16 and has 2 square-headed 2-light windows with brick surrounds
Good C15 porch with flushwork to the plinth and 3 tiers of flushwork panels to the facade
entrance arch with carved spandrels and niche above.
high in the north wall of the nave is a C12 window opening.
chancel roof with alternate hammerbeams and arched braces: both are probably C15 and were elaborately painted in mid C19 by Mrs. Holland, the wife of a former rector.
C15 carved octagonal font in a very good state of preservation
St Mary's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931866 is situated a short distance to the north of the small village of Huntingfield. It was built from local flint and stones imported from Northamptonshire. The nave north wall dates from the 12th century and the chancel walls date from a century later. The porch was the last addition to the church and is from the 15th century. The church was extensively restored in Victorian times and most furnishings were installed by the rector William Holland who arrived in the mid 1800s. It was his wife Mildred who painted the chancel and nave roofs > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931900 from end to end in brilliant colours, with carved and coloured angels, banners, crowns and shields. When the chancel roof was painted the church was closed for eight months until the work was done. The rector and his wife are buried in the churchyard, their grave being marked by an elaborately carved cross > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931915. The 15th century East Anglian-style font has a bowl carved with shields and roses and four seated lions around its stem. The elaborately carved font cover > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931911 is a Victorian addition. The east window of the south aisle contains fragments of medieval and rare border glass > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931887 depicting rabbits, scallop shells and a dog.
late C19 tall canopied font cover.
In the north chancel is a tomb chest within the arch of an Easter sepulchre: on the marble slab is a brass inscription to John Paston
Brass plaque with inscription on the table tomb of John Paston, on the east side of the chancel. St Mary's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931866 is situated a short distance to the north of the small village of Huntingfield. It was built from local flint and stones imported from Northamptonshire. The nave north wall dates from the 12th century and the chancel walls date from a century later. The porch was the last addition to the church and is from the 15th century. The church was extensively restored in Victorian times and most furnishings were installed by the rector William Holland who arrived in the mid 1800s. It was his wife Mildred who painted the chancel and nave roofs > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931900 from end to end in brilliant colours, with carved and coloured angels, banners, crowns and shields. When the chancel roof was painted the church was closed for eight months until the work was done. The rector and his wife are buried in the churchyard, their grave being marked by an elaborately carved cross > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931915. The 15th century East Anglian-style font > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931906 has a bowl carved with shields and roses and four seated lions around its stem. The elaborately carved font cover > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931911 is a Victorian addition. The east window of the south aisle contains fragments of medieval and rare border glass > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931887 depicting rabbits, scallop shells and a dog.
within the arch are faint traces of a wall painting.
Monument to Anne, daughter of John Moulton, Esq. on north chancel wall
Hatchment of Joshua Vanneck, 2nd Baron Huntingfield in north aisle.
The east window of the south aisle has fragments of C15 glass.
Graded I for surviving medieval work.