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All Saints' Church

All Saints' Church

Broad Green

Suffolk

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 02/09/2016 TL 76 SE 1/17 CHEVINGTON, CHURCH ROAD, All Saints' Church (Formerly listed as: CHEVINGTON, CHURCH ROAD, Church of St.John the Baptist) 14.7.55 I Church, mediaeval with C16-C18 alterations.

Architectural Features

Nave has late C12 core

Plain hood-moulded C12 north doorway

Mid-C13 work includes lancets and 2-light hood-moulded windows in nave and chancel

South nave porch c.1300, timber-framed with moulded arched opening, tie-beams with billet and tooth-ornament carving, and coupled-rafter plaintiled roof.

"Tower c 1500 (legacy 1494) with angle-buttresses, 2-light belfry openings and 3-light west window; some flushwork at the base. The tower parapets raised a full stage, with tall crocketed corner finials, by Marquis of Bristol c 1800" (Grade I listing). The top stage is open to the sky, as the top window opening shows.

The picture was taken from the Parish Burial Ground, west of the large churchyard, on a cloudless Sunday morning in mid October.

Tower c.1500 with angle- buttresses, 2-light belfry openings and 3-light west window

"Tower c 1500 (legacy 1494) with angle-buttresses, 2-light belfry openings and 3-light west window; some flushwork at the base. The tower parapets raised a full stage, with tall crocketed corner finials, by Marquis of Bristol c 1800" (Grade I listing). The top stage is open to the sky, as the top window opening shows. The picture was taken from the Parish Burial Ground, west of the large churchyard, on a cloudless Sunday morning in mid October.

© John Sutton

Nave walling raised early C16, with red brick crenellated parapets

cambered arch-braced tie-beam roof with traceried spandrels, and ogee-moulded ridge and purlins, crenellated cornice 2 early C16 2-light windows in south nave wall.

Chancel east window early C17, 5 arched lights in plain square frame.

Chancel roof early C17 with ovolo-moulded cambered tie- beams, ridge and purlins.

Octagonal limestone font, early C15 with sunk quatrefoil tracery on bowl and pilasters on base.

Fine C15 pews

Fragments of mediaeval glass in south windows.