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St Mary

St Mary

Mid Suffolk

Suffolk

Medieval, restored 1871 (nave) and 1883-4 (chancel).

Architectural Features

Square unbuttressed tower, substantially of c.1100, with herringbone flintwork and long and short work to quoins

Late C14 rebuilding at top: 2-light belfry openings, embattled stone parapet.

A spire was removed in mid C17.

Late C14 Galilee porch: buttresses to west face contain statue niches, with a 3rd niche over the moulded entrance arch

Restored C17 entrance gates with turned balusters.

C15 4-bay south aisle has flushwork to buttresses and an embattled parapet with 3 pinnacles.

To south, renewed 3-light windows and at west end a doorway with enriched arch and shield-carved spandrels, partly renewed C19.

C15 4-bay north aisle with renewed windows and moulded doorway.

Mid C13 3-bay chancel, considerably restored C19.

Fine 4-bay aisle arcades with richly-carved capitals.

Chancel arch, raised in C15, has similar capitals.

Circa 1100 tower arch to west, the imposts with a simple incised geometric design.

C15 nave roof is in 8 bays: alternate tie beams and hammer beams, both embattled, from which spring short moulded arched braces.

5 mutilated angel corbels at foot of wallposts, the remainder lost.

Piscina in north aisle re-uses many carved stone fragments.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1283304?section=official-list-entry

C15 octagonal font bowl with mutilated carving.

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© Sandy Gerrard

C19 pyramidal font cover.

Early C17 carved pulpit on C19 stone base.

2 good monuments.

In south chancel, Sir Charles Framlingham and his wife: full-size recumbent effigies on carved tomb chest.

2 hatchments above.

In south aisle, Rev. John Simpson For further details of these monuments see Pevsner.