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St Ethelbert

St Ethelbert

Herringswell

Suffolk

TL 76 NW HERRINGSWELL THE STREET 6/33 Church of St. Ethelbert - 7/5/54 - II* Church, mediaeval, restored 1869 by A.W. Blomfield after a major fire.

Architectural Features

Both nave and chancel have areas of C12 coursed rubble walling

Transept added C14, with 2- and 3-light windows

Chancel extended and nave and chancel walls raised mid C14.

Image niches of C14 are found in outer walls of:- south transept, east diagonal chancel buttresses, flanking central west tower buttress, and over south doorway.

Late C14 chancel arch (restored).

Porch of late C14 has pilastered doorway and 2-light side windows

butt purlin roof of, perhaps, C16.

Circular stoup beside south doorway is perhaps Norman, reset on later polygonal stem.

C14 tower with large south stair turret

lion-head gargoyles, flushwork parapets and 2-light belfry openings are alterations of late C15.

Of c.1500 are the unusual piers supporting the east tower walls, braced by flying buttresses to the extended aisle walls

also the octagonal limestone font.

Good stained glass in most windows of c.1900, depicting pastoral subjects of local significance.