List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England
The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968.[1] The legally defined object of the Trust is "the preservation, in the interests of the nation and the Church of England, of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality vested in the Fund ... together with their contents so vested".[2] The charity cares for over 350 churches.[1] The Trust is financed partly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Church Commissioners, but grants from those bodies were frozen in 2001, since when additional funding has come from other sources, including the general public. In the 12 months ending 31 March 2010 the charity's income was £6,161,653, and its spending was £6,035,871. During that year it had 44 employees, and used the services of 2,000 volunteers.[3] The charity is run by a board of trustees, who delegate the day-to-day management to a chief executive and his senior management team.[4]
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The Trust's primary aim is to ensure that the buildings in its care are weatherproof and to prevent any deterioration in their condition. The majority of the churches remain consecrated, and many are occasionally still used for worship. Local communities are encouraged to use them for appropriate activities and events, and the buildings provide an educational resource, allowing children and young people to study history and architecture. Nearly 2 million people visit the Trust's churches each year.[1] As most of the churches remain consecrated, they are used for occasional services where this is practical, and some are venues for concerts and other purposes.
There are 104 churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England, comprising those in the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. The churches range in age from St Nicholas' Church, Feltwell, which contains fabric from the Saxon era, to the newest church, St Michael the Archangel's Church, Booton, which was built in the later part of the 19th century. All but twelve of the churches were built before the end of the 15th century, so the main architectural styles represented are Norman and English Gothic. There is one church in Georgian style (Old All Saints Church, Great Steeping) and one in Palladian style (St Andrew's Church, Gunton). The newest six churches are Gothic Revival in style. All the churches have been designated by English Heritage as listed buildings, almost all of them at Grades I and II*.
Some of the churches stand in or near the centres of cities or towns, and their functions have been taken over by nearby churches: examples include St Martin's Church, Colchester, St John the Baptist's Church, Stamford, St Peter's Church, Sudbury, St Mary at the Quay Church, Ipswich, three churches in Norwich, and two in Cambridge. The Church of St Cyriac and St Julitta, Swaffham Prior is so close to the Church of St Mary that the churches share the same churchyard; the functions of both are now undertaken by St Mary's. Other churches stand in remote or isolated positions in the countryside. Some fell into disuse because the village they served was deserted, or the local population moved elsewhere, such as St Peter's Church, Kingerby, St Andrew's Church, Sapiston, St Denys' Church, Little Barford, and St Mary's Church, Chilton. In other cases the church originally served the estate of a country house but no longer does: examples include St Lawrence's Church, Snarford, Oxhey Chapel, and St Andrew's Church, Gunton. In some cases, only part of the church has been conserved, as with St Mary, West Walton, where the detached tower is conserved but its church continues in use. All Saints Church, Newton Green has been divided at the chancel, which continues to be used for worship although the rest of the church is maintained by the Trust. Only the Audley chapel of St Michael's Church, Berechurch has been conserved; the rest of it was converted for other uses. Most of the churches remain consecrated and hold occasional services if practical, and some are used for other purposes such as concert venues.
Key
Grade | Criteria[5] |
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I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important |
II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Churches
Name and town or village |
County and coordinates |
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St Nicholas, Feltwell | Norfolk 52.4891°N 0.5209°E |
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c. 683 | The remains of the tower and the west wall of the church date from the Saxon era. Most of the rest of the church is Perpendicular, and its walls are decorated with flushwork panels. It has two aisles but no chancel, making it broader than it is long.[6][7][8] | I |
St Martin, Waithe |
Lincolnshire 53.4874°N 0.0666°W |
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10th century | The central tower of the church is Saxon, dating from the 10th century. Additions and alterations were made in the 11th and 13th centuries, and the church was restored in 1861 in Early English style.[9][10] | I |
St Mary, Chickney |
Essex 51.9287°N 0.2882°E |
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10th–11th century | St Mary's dates from before the Norman conquest. The chancel was extended in the 13th century, the tower was added in the 14th century, and the south porch in the 15th century.[11][12] | I |
St Mary (old), West Bergholt |
Essex 51.9171°N 0.8384°E |
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c. 1000 | The north wall of the church dates from about 1000, the chancel was extended in about 1300, and later in that century the south aisle was added. Another church, also dedicated to St Mary, was opened in 1904, and the older church was declared redundant in 1975.[13][14][15] | I |
St Peter, Kingerby | Lincolnshire 53.4219°N 0.4104°W |
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Early 11th century | This church originally served a village that is now deserted. Its earliest fabric dates from the early 11th century. Additions and alterations were made in each of the following three centuries and in the 17th century.[16][17][18] | I |
St Peter, Claydon |
Suffolk 52.1056°N 1.1195°E |
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11th century | The nave dates from the 11th century, the east window from the 14th century, and the tower was added in the 15th century. In 1852 a major restoration took place under the direction of the rector, when the chancel was virtually rebuilt, and transepts and organ chambers were added.[19][20] | I |
St Mary the Virgin, Little Hormead |
Hertfordshire 51.9429°N 0.0332°E |
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11th century | Much of this church is Norman in style.[21] Preserved in the church is a rare door that has a "most lavish display of 12th-century ironwork".[22] The church was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust in 1995.[23][24] | I |
St Nicholas, Normanton | Lincolnshire 53.0052°N 0.5874°W |
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11th century | The church dates from the 11th century, with additions and alterations made during each of the following four centuries. In 1845 the vestry was added, and the chancel and the north wall of the nave were largely rebuilt. The church was declared redundant in February 1974.[25][26][27] | II* |
St Mary, North Cockerington |
Lincolnshire 53.4011°N 0.0556°E |
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11th century | St Mary's stands a mile from its former parish. It dates from the 11th century, with additions and alterations in the late 12th century, in about 1300, and in the 14th century. The tower was added in the 19th century, and the church was declared redundant in March 1981.[28][29][30] | I |
All Saints, Wordwell |
Suffolk 52.3160°N 0.6805°E |
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11th century | The lancet windows in the church were replaced in the 14th and 15th centuries, and a porch was added in about 1500. A restoration was carried out between 1857 and 1866 by S. S. Teulon.[31][32][33] | I |
St Mary, Barnetby |
Lincolnshire 53.5676°N 0.3986°W |
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Late 11th century | St Mary's dates from the 11th century, the tower was built in the 11th–12th century, and additions and alterations were made in the 13th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The church was declared redundant in 1972.[34][35] | I |
All Saints, Icklingham | Suffolk 52.3228°N 0.6042°E |
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11th–12th century | Although the church was almost completely rebuilt in the 14th century, it has retained some Norman fabric in the nave. A south porch was added in the 15th century. The church has been unused for over 100 years, and was declared redundant in the 1970s, since when its roof has been re-thatched.[36][37][38] | I |
St Mary, Stansted Mountfitchet |
Essex 51.8953°N 0.2092°E |
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1120–24 | Despite alterations, the church retains some original features. In the 13th century the chancel was extended and a chapel was added. The tower was built in 1692. The church was restored in 1888, but the following year another church was built nearer the centre of the village, and it is now the parish church. St Mary's remains consecrated and is used for occasional services and other events.[39][40][41][42] | II* |
St Michael, Burwell | Lincolnshire 53.2969°N 0.0327°E |
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Early 12th century | St Michael's dates from the early 12th century. The chancel was added during the following century, and the tower was built in the early 16th century. There were alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The church was restored in 1911, but declared redundant in 1981.[43][44][45] | I |
St Martin, Colchester | Essex 51.8909°N 0.8994°E |
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Early 12th century | The nave and tower date from the 12th century, and much of the rest of the church was added in the 14th century. The tower was damaged during the Civil War, and has never been repaired. The church was restored in the late 19th century by Giles Gilbert Scott.[46][47] | II* |
St Benedict, Haltham on Bain | Lincolnshire 53.1571°N 0.1379°W |
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Early 12th century | Dating from the 12th century, additions and alterations were made later that century, and in each of the following three centuries. It was restored in 1880 and in 1891, increasing its seating from 67 to 140. The church was declared redundant in October 1977.[48][49][50] | I |
St Mary the Virgin, Little Bromley |
Essex 51.9097°N 1.0397°E |
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Early 12th century | The nave dates from the early 12th century, the chancel was rebuilt in the 14th century, the lower part of the tower dates from the early 15th century, and the upper part was rebuilt in the 16th century. The church was restored in the 19th and 20th centuries.[51][52] | II* |
St Nicholas, Brandiston | Norfolk 52.7480°N 1.1712°E |
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12th century | The lower part of the tower dates from the 12th century, but its octagonal upper stage was not added until the 19th century. The present north aisle was originally the nave. A chancel was added in the 15th century. The windows in the south wall of the nave contain some medieval stained glass.[53][54] | II* |
St Barbara, Haceby | Lincolnshire 52.9122°N 0.4694°W |
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12th century | This limestone church dates from the 12th century, with later additions and alterations. It was restored in 1890 and in 1924. Above its chancel arch are Royal arms painted over a medieval Doom picture.[55][56][57][58] | I |
St Margaret, Hales | Norfolk 52.5106°N 1.5111°E |
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12th century | St Margaret's has a round tower, a semicircular apse, two fine Norman doorways, and a thatched roof. Other than the addition of windows, it has been little changed since it was built in the 12th century. There are traces of paintings on the walls of the nave.[59][60] | I |
St Gregory, Heckingham | Norfolk 52.5352°N 1.5144°E |
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12th century | Most of the fabric of this church dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. The lower part of the tower is round, and the upper two stages are octagonal. The church also has a fine Norman doorway, and an apsidal east end.[61][62] | I |
St John the Baptist, Hellington |
Norfolk 52.5761°N 1.4128°E |
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12th century | The round tower dates from the 12th century as does much of the rest of the church's fabric; the remainder is 14th-century. The church has a "very elaborate" Norman south doorway.[63][64] | I |
St Faith, Little Witchingham |
Norfolk 52.7383°N 1.1323°E |
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12th century | The church originated in the 12th century, but most of its fabric is from the 14th century; the tower was added in the 15th century. The church fell into ruin during the 20th century before its medieval wall paintings were rediscovered.[65][66][67] | II* |
St Mary, Moulton |
Norfolk 52.6046°N 1.5464°E |
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12th century | The fabric of this church dates from the 12th, 14th, and 16th centuries. The east wall of the chancel was rebuilt in the 1870s. On the walls of the nave are 14th-century wall paintings depicting Saint Christopher and the Seven Acts of Mercy.[68][69] | I |
St Peter, Normanby by Spital | Lincolnshire 53.3804°N 0.4964°W |
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12th century | St Peter's dates from the 12th century, with additions and alterations in each of the following three centuries. It was restored in 1890. Its north arcade is Norman, with round arches, and its south arcade has pointed arches.[70][71] | I |
St Peter, Offord D'Arcy |
Cambridgeshire 52.2824°N 0.2178°W |
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12th century | The church has Norman origins, its chancel was rebuilt in the 13th century, and the south aisle, tower and spire were added in the 14th century. The spire was rebuilt in 1860. By the time the church was declared redundant its roof was leaking. The church has since been repaired and is used for a variety of events.[72][73][74] | I |
All Saints, Saltfleetby | Lincolnshire 53.3906°N 0.1867°E |
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12th century | All Saints stands in marshland and has a leaning west tower. One of the two pulpits inside the church was donated by Oriel College, Oxford. The church dates from the 12th century, and many later additions and alterations have been made. It was declared redundant in 1973.[75][76][77] | I |
St Andrew, Sapiston | Suffolk 52.3328°N 0.8172°E |
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12th century | This church originally served what is now a deserted medieval village. It has a Norman south doorway. The rest of the church dates from the 14th century, and it was restored in 1847. The church was declared redundant in 1973.[78][79][80] | I |
St George, Shimpling | Norfolk 52.3993°N 1.1680°E |
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12th century | St George's dates from the 12th century, with later additions and alterations, and two restorations in the 19th century. The lower part of its tower is round and the upper stage is octagonal, surmounted by a lead-covered spirelet.[81][82] | I |
St Lawrence, Snarford | Lincolnshire 53.3284°N 0.4240°W |
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12th century | The church was built to serve the residents of the nearby Snarford Hall (now demolished), including the St Paul (or St Pol) family. It contains elaborate monuments to this family, and an alabaster plaque to Robert Rich. The church was declared redundant in 1995.[83][84][85] | I |
All Saints, South Elmham |
Suffolk 52.3937°N 1.4226°E |
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12th century | The tower is round and contains a Norman west window. The rest of the church dates from between the 13th and the 17th centuries. It was restored in 1870, when a Romanesque Revival south doorway was inserted.[86][87] | I |
St John the Baptist, Stamford |
Lincolnshire 52.6518°N 0.4800°W |
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12th century | Built in the 12th century, the church was expanded during a time of prosperity in the town in the early 15th century. It was restored in the High church tradition in 1856. Repairs had to be undertaken in 1950–53 because of subsidence resulting from the collapse of burial vaults under the church.[88][89] | I |
St James, Stanstead Abbotts |
Hertfordshire 51.7807°N 0.0276°E |
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12th century | This medieval church has maintained its unrestored 18th-century interior. It contains an elaborate monument to Sir Edward Baesh, who died in 1587. In the churchyard are six Grade II monuments and a tomb.[90][91][92] | I |
St Andrew, Steeple Gidding | Cambridgeshire 52.4185°N 0.3369°W |
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12th century | The oldest part of the church is the Norman south doorway, but the remainder dates from the 14th century. The body of the church was restored in 1874 and the tower in 1899.[93][94][95] | II* |
All Saints, Theddlethorpe | Lincolnshire 53.3705°N 0.1985°E |
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12th century | Sometimes known as the "Cathedral of the Marsh", All Saints dates from the 12th century, with additions and alterations in about 1380–1400, and again in the late 17th century. It was declared redundant in 1973.[96][97][98] | I |
All Saints, Vange, Basildon |
Essex 51.5533°N 0.47236°E |
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12th century | This small, simple church dates from the 12th century. It contains the remains of a Norman window, and a 12th-century font.[99][100] | II* |
St Mary, Washbrook |
Suffolk 52.0415°N 1.0746°E |
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12th century | St Mary's stands in an isolated position in fields. Most of its fabric dates from the 14th century, but it was restored in 1866.[101][102] | II* |
St Andrew, Willingale | Essex 51.7418°N 0.3106°E |
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12th century | The nave dates from the 12th century, and the chancel from the 15th century. In the 19th century the church was restored and a vestry added. It is built mainly in flint, with a red tiled roof. At its west end is a white weatherboarded belfry and spire.[103][104] | II* |
St John, Duxford |
Cambridgeshire 52.0944°N 0.1563°E |
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Late 12th century | The Norman south door is decorated with a zigzag pattern. The central tower of the church bears a twisted spirelet damaged in a gale. Inside the church is a variety of wall decorations, including medieval wall paintings.[105][106] | I |
St Michael, Farndish | Bedfordshire 52.2638°N 0.6418°W |
Late 12th century | St Michael's is built with a mixture of orange ironstone and grey limestone, giving a polychrome effect. Its tower is incorporated within the west bay of the nave.[107][108] | I | |
St Denys, Little Barford |
Bedfordshire 52.1982°N 0.2785°W |
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Late 12th century | This church originally served what is now a deserted medieval village. It was restored in 1869 by Arthur Blomfield. The ceiling paintings by Heaton and Butler and the mosaic reredos by William Butler Simpson[109] date from around this time.[110][111][112][113] | II* |
St Mary, Badley |
Suffolk 52.1630°N 1.0140°E |
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c. 1200 | The arrangement of pews and benches in the church has been undisturbed since the 18th century. Also in the church are monuments and memorials, including 17 memorial floor slabs, mainly to the Poley family.[114][115] | I |
St George, Edworth | Bedfordshire 52.0510°N 0.2190°W |
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c. 1200 | In the Middle Ages the church belonged to St Neots Priory. It contains an unusual piscina standing on a pillar. Also in the church is a fragment of a 14th-century wall painting, and some medieval stained glass.[116][117] | I |
St Peter, South Somercotes |
Lincolnshire 53.4221°N 0.1293°E |
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c. 1200 | With its tall spire rising from a flat landscape, this church has been called "The Queen of the Marsh". Since it was declared redundant it has been underpinned because of subsidence.[118][119] | I |
St Nicholas, King's Lynn | Norfolk 52.7575°N 0.3970°E |
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c. 1220 | The steeple collapsed in 1741 and was rebuilt in 1869 by George Gilbert Scott. It contains a rare surviving example of a consistory court. Among its memorials is one designed by Robert Adam to Benjamin Keene.[120][121] | I |
St Michael, Longstanton | Cambridgeshire 52.2730°N 0.0548°E |
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Early 13th century | The design of this thatched church was influential in the design of churches in the American Gothic Revival. Its contents include a double piscina said to be similar to that in Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge.[122][123][124] | II* |
St Botolph, Skidbrooke | Lincolnshire 53.4162°N 0.1651°E |
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Early 13th century | Standing in the Lincolnshire marshlands, additions and alterations have been carried out since the church was built in the 13th century. It was declared redundant in 1973, and there have been reports of satanist activity in the church.[125][126][127][128] | I |
Bell tower of St Mary, West Walton |
Norfolk 52.69759°N 0.175781°E |
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c. 1240–50 | This tower is detached from its church, which is still active and is separately listed at Grade I. The bottom stage of the tower is open on all sides to provide walkways. Above this are three more stages, all decorated with arches.[129][130][131] | I |
St Nicholas, Buckenham | Norfolk 52.5996°N 1.4771°E |
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13th century | The tower of this church is wholly octagonal and it has a Norman west doorway. Inside its upper part is a 17th-century dovecote lined with brick nesting boxes. The church was vandalised in the 1960s and 1970s, and has since been repaired by the Trust.[132][133] | I |
St Michael, Buslingthorpe | Lincolnshire 53.3523°N 0.3797°W |
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13th century | St Michael's is a simple church standing on the site of a deserted medieval village. Its limestone tower dates from the 13th century, while the rest of the church was rebuilt in brick in 1835. It is notable for two medieval monuments to members of the Buslingthorpe family. The church was declared redundant in 1984.[134][135][136] | II* |
All Hallows, Clixby | Lincolnshire 53.5242°N 0.3385°W |
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13th century | Since being built in the 13th century the fabric of this church deteriorated so much that by 1871 only the chancel had survived. This was restored in 1889 by C. Hodgson Fowler and a west porch was added. The church was declared redundant in 1973.[137][138][139] | II* |
St Michael, Coston | Norfolk 52.6145°N 1.0447°E |
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13th century | St Michael's is a church in Early English style dating mainly from the 13th century. A battlemented parapet was added to the tower in the 15th century, the south porch was built in the 16th century, and the east wall was rebuilt at a later date.[140][141] | II* |
All Saints, Little Wenham |
Suffolk 52.0119°N 1.0309°E |
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13th century | All Saints stands in an isolated position close to Little Wenham Hall. Inside the church are paintings of saints on the east wall, an elaborate memorial to Joannes Brewse, who died in 1585, and a medieval brass to the memory of Thomas Brewse, who died in 1514, and his wife. The brass is said to be one of the best pre-Reformation brasses in Suffolk.[142][143][144] | I |
St John the Baptist, Stanton |
Suffolk 52.3268°N 0.8779°E |
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13th century | Only the tower of this church is still intact, its body being roofless. The west wall of the tower is built against the boundary of the churchyard, and its lowest stage is open to allow a way for processions around the outside of the church.[145][146] | II* |
St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall | Norfolk 52.7042°N 0.3409°E |
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13th century | The doorways date from the 13th century and the rest of the church from about 1400. It was restored in 1862 by G. E. Street. Its interior is notable particularly for the quality of carving of its wooden fittings, especially the elaborate font cover, and the benches. Also in the church is a monument to Sir Henry Kervil who died in 1624. This consists of an alabaster tomb chest with two effigies surrounded by columns and an entablature.[147][148] | I |
St Mary, Akenham |
Suffolk 52.0962°N 1.1344°E |
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Late 13th century | St Mary's is built mainly in flint with limestone dressings, the wall of the chancel is rendered, and the chapel is in brick. There is a Norman slit window in the north wall of the nave. During recent repairs a piscina was discovered in the chapel and a blocked north doorway in the nave.[149][150] | II* |
St Mary, Islington |
Norfolk 52.7268°N 0.3247°E |
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Late 13th century | Although it is now a ruin, the church was still intact in 1883. Now only the tower and the chancel have retained their roofs; between them stand the walls of the nave and the transepts open to the sky.[151][152][153] | II* |
St Andrew, Ufford |
Cambridgeshire 52.6231°N 0.3863°W |
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Late 13th century | Most of the church dates from the 14th century. It consists of a nave without a clerestory, aisles, and a chancel. There is also a west tower, and a rood turret near the junction of the nave and chancel, both of which are embattled. The church contains a series of 20th-century Arts and Crafts stained glass.[154][155] | I |
All Saints, West Harling |
Norfolk 52.4289°N 0.9022°E |
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Late 13th century | The church stands in an isolated position on the edge of Thetford Forest. Alterations were made to it in the 14th and 18th centuries, and it was restored in 1902. Some of its windows contain pieces of medieval stained glass, and in the nave floor are three brasses with dates in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.[156][157] | I |
St Mary, Redgrave |
Suffolk 52.3633°N 1.0197°E |
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c. 1280 | St Mary's contains thirteen hatchments, and a collection of important monuments, including one to Sir Nicholas Bacon, and one to Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice. In 2010 the entrance to a burial vault below the church was accidentally discovered.[158][159][160] | I |
St Margaret, Abbotsley | Cambridgeshire 52.1935°N 0.2053°W |
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c. 1300–10 | Statues of four kings stand on the corners of the summit of the tower. The church was restored in 1861 by William Butterfield, when the chancel, north vestry and north porch were rebuilt. Although the church is vested in the Trust, its chancel is still used as a parish church.[161][162] | II* |
St Peter, Cambridge | Cambridgeshire 52.2115°N 0.1136°E |
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Early 14th century | Although the church originated in the 11th century, the oldest remaining parts are the tower and spire which date from the 14th century. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1781 on a smaller scale, making the tower and spire appear disproportionately large. The church was declared redundant in 1973.[163][164] | II* |
St Andrew, Frenze | Norfolk 52.3802°N 1.1361°E |
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Early 14th century | St Andrew's stands in an isolated position adjacent to Frenze Hall. It is a small, simple church, consisting of a nave without a chancel. Its contents include a large Jacobean pulpit with a tester, and a manorial box pew, both dating from the early 17th century, and seven brasses.[165][166] | I |
St Peter, Sudbury |
Suffolk 52.0387°N 0.7314°E |
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1330–48 | The church stands in a dominating position in the centre of the town. It was damaged during the Civil War by William Dowsing. The church was restored in 1858–59 by William Butterfield, and the chancel was restored and redecorated in 1898 by G. F. Bodley.[167][168][169] | I |
St Andrew, Buckland | Hertfordshire 51.9866°N 0.0232°W |
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c.1348 | The nave and chancel date from about 1348, the tower from about 1400, and the south aisle and south porch from the late 15th century. A series of restorations took place in the 19th century. Its contents include a number of memorials, one of which, dated 1819, is by Chantrey.[170][171][172] | II* |
St Mary, Barton Bendish |
Norfolk 52.6198°N 0.52423°E |
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14th century | Although dating from the 14th century, the church has a Norman doorway moved from a nearby church which was being demolished. The tower fell in 1710 and has not been rebuilt. The roofs are thatched. Inside the church are box pews dating from 1789, and the remains of a wall painting depicting Saint Catherine with her wheel.[173][174] | I |
St Michael, Berechurch | Essex 51.8600°N 0.8926°E |
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14th century | The tower dates from the 14th century and the Audley chapel from the early 16th century. The rest of the church was entirely rebuilt in 1872, re-using some earlier material. In the chapel is a hammerbeam roof with carvings that include the emblems of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. The church was declared redundant in 1975. The chapel was vested in the Trust in 1981, and the rest of the church has been converted for other uses.[175][176] | II* |
St Leonard, Colchester | Essex 51.8847°N 0.9232°E |
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14th century | The nave contains a 16th-century hammerbeam roof. During the Siege of Colchester in the Civil War, Royalist soldiers took refuge in the church. Over the centuries the church has required repeated restoration due to subsidence, or to inadequacies in the earlier construction.[177][178] | II* |
St Andrew, Covehithe | Suffolk 52.3768°N 1.7055°E |
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14th century | A small 17th-century church stands within the ruins of the much larger medieval church. The small church is still in use, while the tower and the ruins of the old church are maintained by the Trust. The church stands in an area of coast threatened by erosion.[179][180] | I |
St Mary, East Bradenham |
Norfolk 52.6389°N 0.8522°E |
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14th century | St Mary's was built in the 14th century, with additions and alterations in the 15th and 19th centuries. Its tower is Perpendicular in style, and along both sides of the clerestory are six round windows with quatrefoil tracery.[181][182] | I |
St Mary, East Ruston |
Norfolk 52.8037°N 1.5061°E |
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14th century | The north aisle was removed in 1778. The interior of the church is noted for its 15th-century painted and carved chancel screen, containing tracery and depictions of the Four Evangelists, four Doctors of the Church, and lions.[183][184] | II* |
All Saints, Ellough | Suffolk 52.4233°N 1.5915°E |
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14th century | All Saints stands in an isolated position on the top of a low hill. It was restored in 1882 by William Butterfield when the east window was replaced. Inside the church are a 14th-century piscina and sedilia. The reredos and the chancel ceiling were designed by Butterfield.[185][186] | I |
St Peter, Hockwold | Norfolk 52.4628°N 0.5375°E |
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Mid 14th century | The nave and tower date from the middle of the 14th century and the chancel was added during the following century. The church was restored in 1857. Inside the church is a wall memorial to Sir Cyril Wyche who died in 1780, and who was one of the first members of the Royal Society.[187][188] | I |
St Mary, Lower Gravenhurst |
Bedfordshire 52.0045°N 0.3833°W |
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14th century | St Mary's is surrounded by fields and stands on a small hill. Its tower was added in about 1400. The nave and chancel have survived from the 14th century, as have the south door, the screen, the benches and the roof.[189][190] | I |
All Saints, Newton Green | Suffolk 52.0365°N 0.7974°E |
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14th century | By the 1960s the church had fallen into disrepair, and it was divided at the chancel arch, the chancel continuing in use for worship. The nave contains a tomb dating from about 1300, 14th-century wall paintings depicting the Incarnation, and a 15th-century octagonal font.[191][192][193] | II* |
St John the Baptist, Parson Drove |
Cambridgeshire 52.6617°N 0.0543°E |
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14th century | Most of the fabric of the church dates from the late 15th or early 16th century, although in 1613 the chancel was destroyed by floods. Its contents include a Perpendicular octagonal font, a pulpit dated 1677, and fragments of 15th-century stained glass.[194][195][196] | II* |
St Mary, Potsgrove |
Bedfordshire 51.9590°N 0.6167°W |
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14th century | St Mary's was restored in 1880–81 by J. D. Sedding, who re-used some of the medieval materials including parts of the 14th-century rood screen. He also added the font and the spirelet on the tower. The west window consists almost completely of fragments of medieval glass.[197][198] | II* |
St Augustine, Norwich | Norfolk 52.6372°N 1.2925°E |
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14th century | The body of the church is constructed in flint, and the tower in brick, the only brick tower in Norwich. The church contains a memorial to the architect Matthew Brettingham, who designed Holkham Hall, and another to the textile manufacturer, Thomas Clabburn, erected by 600 of his weavers.[199][200] | I |
St John the Baptist, Norwich |
Norfolk 52.6300°N 1.2927°E |
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14th century | St John's stands near the centre of the city, and is almost as wide as it is long. In 1876 much of the stained glass was damaged by a gas explosion. Many of the furnishings were collected from other churches by Rev William Busby, vicar in the early 20th century.[201][202] | I |
St Mary, Rickinghall Superior |
Suffolk 52.3314°N 0.9939°E |
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14th century | The nave was rebuilt and the porch was added in the 15th century. The nave has four large Perpendicular windows on each side, and the porch has two storeys. In 1868 the church was restored by W. C. Fawcett.[203][204] | I |
St Mary the Virgin, Stonham Parva |
Suffolk 52.1991°N 1.0885°E |
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14th century | St Mary's was remodelled in the early 16th century, and restored in the 19th century. The parapets of the nave are embattled, and those of the gables are crowstepped. The nave's double hammerbeam roof contains medieval carving.[205][206] | I |
All Saints, Thurgarton | Norfolk 52.8763°N 1.2398°E |
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14th century | This church has a thatched roof. Its west tower fell in 1882, and was replaced by a vestry at the west end in 1924. The interior of the church is notable for its medieval benches with carved ends, and there are the remains of wall paintings.[207][208] | I |
St John the Baptist, Yarburgh |
Lincolnshire 53.4172°N 0.0312°E |
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14th century | St John's was largely rebuilt in 1405 after a fire. It was restored in 1854–55 by James Fowler of Louth. The church has a prominent sandstone tower, and its west doorway is embellished with carvings, including depictions of Adam and Eve and the serpent, and a Paschal Lamb.[209][210] | I |
St Mary, Bungay |
Suffolk 52.4556°N 1.4379°E |
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14th–15th century | Originally built as the church to a Benedictine priory, St Mary's became a parish church after the dissolution of the monasteries. In 1577 it was struck by lightning, and in 1688 it was damaged in a fire affecting much of the town. The church contains a variety of carvings on the roof bosses, a dole cupboard carved with a rat, and a 17th-century panel given to the church by the author H. Rider Haggard.[211][212] | I |
St Andrew, Redbourne | Lincolnshire 53.4872°N 0.5345°W |
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14th–15th century | The church was largely rebuilt in the later part of the 18th century, although the south chapel was rebuilt in the early 19th century as a mausoleum for the Dukes of St Albans. It was restored in 1888 by local architect W. W. Goodhand. The east window contains painted glass by William Collins dating from about 1840, depicting the Last Judgment.[213][214] | I |
St Mary, Chilton |
Suffolk 52.0461°N 0.7542°E |
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15th century | St Mary's stands on the site of a deserted medieval village near Chilton Hall, just outside the Sudbury eastern bypass. The tower and a chantry chapel were added during the 16th century, and the church was restored in the 1860s. The chapel contains table tombs and memorials to the Crane family of Chilton Hall.[215][216][217] | I |
St Mary at the Quay, Ipswich |
Suffolk 52.0529°N 1.1564°E |
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15th century | The church is lit by Perpendicular style windows, and contains a medieval double hammerbeam roof, and a 15th-century font.[218][219] | II* |
St Peter, North Barningham |
Norfolk 52.8888°N 1.1953°E |
15th century | St Peter's stands in an isolated position on a hill. In the floor of the nave is a pattern in the form of a rose window in brick and stone. The church contains monuments to members of the Palgrave family.[220][221] | II* | |
St Cyriac and St Julitta, Swaffham Prior | Cambridgeshire 52.2509°N 0.2959°E |
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15th century | This church shares its churchyard with the adjacent church of St Mary. The lower two stages of the tower are square, and its top stage is octagonal. In 1806 the nave and chancel were completely rebuilt by Charles Humfrey.[222][223] | II* |
St Andrew, Walpole | Norfolk 52.7348°N 0.2225°E |
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15th century | On the west side of the tower of this Perpendicular church is a chamber which was probably an anchorite cell. At the east end of the nave are two octagonal rood turrets, each surmounted by a spirelet.[224][225] | I |
St Laurence, Norwich | Norfolk 52.6311°N 1.2901°E |
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1460–72 | The church stands on a sloping site. It has a large tower, and eleven windows along the clerestory on each side. Around the west doorway are carvings of the martyrdom of Saints Edmund and Lawrence.[226][227] | I |
All Saints, East Horndon |
Essex 51.5809°N 0.3591°E |
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Late 15th century | All Saints was built by the Tyrells of nearby Heron Hall to replace an earlier church. Its unusual features include turrets at the corners of the tower, and galleried upper rooms in both of the transepts. The south transept contains monuments to members of the Tyrell family. Since the 19th century the church has been damaged by decay, a bomb during the Second World War, fire caused by a tramp, and by thieves and vandals.[228][229][230] | II* |
All Saints, Conington | Cambridgeshire 52.4583°N 0.2642°W |
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c. 1500 | The embattled parapets were restored in 1638 by Sir Thomas Cotton. A series of restorations and repairs was carried out during the 19th century. In the church are monuments to the Cotton and Heathcote families, and a 15th-century font. Most of the other furnishings date from 1841.[231][232] | I |
Oxhey Chapel, Oxhey | Hertfordshire 51.6279°N 0.3925°W |
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1612 | Built by Sir James Altham as a private chapel for the family and staff of Oxhey Place, it was damaged by Roundheads during the Civil War, and later used for storage. The chapel was repaired and restored twice in the 19th century, but deteriorated again during the 20th century. It has since been repaired, and stands between a modern church and its vicarage, surrounded by 1940s housing.[233][234][235][236] | II* |
St George, Goltho | Lincolnshire 53.2828°N 0.3272°W |
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c. 1640 | This simple red brick church is built on the site of a former Saxon settlement. Alterations were made in the early 18th and the late 19th centuries. Two 17th-century gravestones have been incorporated into the floor of the nave.[237][238] | II* |
Guyhirn Chapel, Guyhirn | Cambridgeshire 52.6158°N 0.0710°E |
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1660 | Built as a chapel of ease following the Restoration, this is a simple plain building constructed in brick and stone. Its condition deteriorated during the 20th century, and the last service was held in 1960. It is now supported by the Friends of Guyhirn Chapel.[239][240][241] | II* |
All Saints (old), Great Steeping |
Lincolnshire 53.1533°N 0.1441°E |
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1748 | All Saints is a simple Georgian-style church built on the site of an earlier medieval church. It was restored in 1908. A new church with the same dedication was built in 1891, and the old church was declared redundant in August 1973.[242][243][244] | II* |
St Andrew, Gunton | Norfolk 52.8585°N 1.3096°E |
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1769 | The church stands adjacent to Gunton Hall. It was designed by Robert Adam in the form of a temple in Palladian style. At the entrance to the church is a portico.[245][246] | I |
All Saints, Haugham | Lincolnshire 53.3127°N 0.0034°E |
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1840 | All Saints was designed by W. A. Nicholson to replace an earlier church on the site. Its ornate octagonal spire is supported by flying buttresses and is decorated with crockets. Except for a 15th-century font, a stoup and some memorial slabs, the fittings date from 1840.[247][248] | II* |
Holy Trinity, Halstead | Essex 51.9435°N 0.6296°E |
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1843–44 | This church was designed by George Gilbert Scott in Early English style. The spire collapsed during its construction. Some of the fittings were designed by Scott and others were added later. The church was declared redundant in 1987.[249][250][251] | II* |
St John the Baptist, Burringham |
Lincolnshire 53.5713°N 0.7441°W |
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1856–57 | S. S. Teulon designed this brick church with its square short tower and apsidal east end. The interior is decorated in red, yellow and black brick, and it is floored with polychrome encaustic tiles. The church closed in 1983, and was declared redundant the following year.[252][253][254] | II |
St Helen, Little Cawthorpe |
Lincolnshire 53.3332°N 0.0363°E |
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1860 | A small church, seating only about 60 people, St Helen's is built in red brick and decorated with bands of black brick. At its west end is a bellcote surmounted by a broached spirelet and a weathercock. The church was declared redundant in April 1996.[255][256][257] | II |
All Saints, Cambridge | Cambridgeshire 52.2083°N 0.1232°E |
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1864 | All Saints, with its prominent spire, was designed by G. F. Bodley. Bodley also designed much of the internal decoration and fittings, including the font, the pulpit, and the aisle screen. Stained-glass windows are by Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown, William Morris, and C. E. Kempe.[258][259] | I |
St Michael the Archangel, Booton | Norfolk 52.7574°N 1.1446°E |
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Late 19th century | This church was designed by its rector, Rev Whitwell Elwin, without the help of an architect, and incorporated architectural details from other churches in the country. At the west end there are twin, slim towers set diagonally, and a three-tier pinnacle that has the appearance of a minaret. Inside is a hammerbeam roof decorated with carved wooden angels.[260][261] | II* |
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southeast England
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England
Notes
A The dates given for construction are often not exactly known. Where this is the case the century of first construction of the existing building is given.
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