St Mary’s Church in Stonham Parva is completely different to others I’ve visited as it isn’t cared for by the Diocese however is considered one of 20 church buildings in Suffolk which have been put within the care of The Church buildings Conservation Belief after being made redundant in 1990 when severe structural faults had been discovered.
The church is tucked away on the finish of a lane off the primary A140 street. The tower is kind of particular with patterned flint work.
The church needed to be closed for a number of years however is now open day by day
The organ gallery dates from the C18 and is kind of a uncommon survival
Additionally uncommon is the little sacristy tucked right into a nook, with it is outdated glass panes it additionally dates from the C18
We all the time suppose that folks died younger 200 years in the past however in lots of church buildings there are reminders that many individuals lived to their 3 rating plus 10 years
In accordance with the Church buildings Conservation Belief web page about this church and the Suffolk Church buildings web site this church had outdated field pews proper as much as the C18 once they had been changed by pews.
Very plain inside, no stained glass, however gentle and shiny as a result of clerestory home windows. There is a very giant crack working down from the window over the altar, which appears a bit worrying
Because the church is not used for companies it was a bit dusty. These tiles within the chancel wanted a little bit of a clear to indicate off their colors
From the web site…………….
Within the south chapel is the Seventeenth-century
communion desk. On the chapel wall are the
painted initials ‘J.G.’ and the date 1703.
These in all probability check with James Gibson, a
benefactor to the church and parish, who
could effectively have paid for the restoration of this
chapel and its roof.
This stone is all in Latin and relationship again to the 1600’s
The carvings of figures underneath the hammer-beam roof have all had their faces minimize away, this may have been finished by the puritans round 1643
Fairly a grotesque memorial with cranium and crossbones is for Gilbert Mouse who was a servant for 2 Lord Chancellors and died in 1622, he’s buried in St Margaret’s Westminster however left cash for the needy of the village.
Some carvings are lovely and missed being destroyed
This Churchyard survey of 2008 lists all of the timber, climbers and wild flowers discovered rising across the church
Tons extra data HERE with a hyperlink to the brochure containing the whole historical past of the church.
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Sue
