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St Mary and St Martin

St Mary And St Martin

Kirton

Suffolk

Parish church, nave and chancel C16, tower rebuilt in C16.

Architectural Features

Tower has 2 diagonal, stepped buttresses, C14 west doorway with moulded pointed arch and panel window over the brick dressings to stonework.

The square font at Kirton is square and is thought to date from the 13th century, a survival from an earlier church on the site. Unusually it now stands not near the entrance but at the east end of the north aisle, a 19th-century addition to the present early Tudor building which itself is some three centuries younger than the ancient font. The timber cover, an octagonal pyramid, may well be a much newer addition.

Suffolk Churches http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/kirton.htm

Inside is a C13 font with square bowl on round shaft and 4 detached columns

The square font at Kirton is square and is thought to date from the 13th century, a survival from an earlier church on the site. Unusually it now stands not near the entrance but at the east end of the north aisle, a 19th-century addition to the present early Tudor building which itself is some three centuries younger than the ancient font. The timber cover, an octagonal pyramid, may well be a much newer addition. Suffolk Churches http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/kirton.htm

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C15 piscina and south blocked doorway.