- St Mary the Virgin's Church, Stonham Parva
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St Mary the Virgin's Church,
Stonham Parva
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Stonham Parva, from the southeastLocation in Suffolk
St Mary the Virgin's Church,
Stonham ParvaCoordinates: 52°11′57″N 1°05′19″E / 52.1991°N 1.0885°E OS grid reference TM 115 601 Location Stonham Parva, Suffolk Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust History Dedication Saint Mary the Virgin Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade I Designated 9 December 1955 Architect(s) E. F. Bishopp (restoration) Architectural type Church Style Gothic Specifications Materials Plastered rubble with freestone dressings, flint tower St Mary the Virgin's Church, Stonham Parva, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Stonham Parva, Suffolk, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church is sited 10 miles (16 km) north of Ipswich, to the west of the A140 road.[2][3]
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History
The nave and the chancel of the church date from the 14th century.[2] A major remodelling of the church took place in the early 16th century.[1] It was restored in the 19th century by E. F. Bishopp.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is constructed mainly in rubble which has been plastered, with freestone dressings. The tower is in unplastered flint rubble. Its plan consists of a nave with a clerestory, a south porch, a south chapel, a chancel, and a west tower.[1] The tower, clerestory and chapel are Perpendicular in style.[2] The tower has a polygonal southeast stair turret. The merlons of the parapet are decorated with flushwork tracery, and below the parapet is a frieze.[1] At the corners are slender pinnacles.[5] The nave has a battlemented parapet, and at the ends of the gables are crow-stepped parapets. The east window is in the style of the 14th century, but is a 19th-century restoration. All the other windows date from the early 16th century.[1]
Interior
The nave has a double hammerbeam roof in six bays.[1] It contains carved human figures with their heads defaced.[4] The chancel has an arch-braced collar-beam roof, which is decorated with carved angels.[1] On the walls of the chancel are alcoves containing statues of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and the Four Evangelists.[4] Also in the chancel is a piscina dating from the 15th or 16th century. At the west end of the church is a gallery from the early 18th century. The octagonal limestone font dates from the 15th century. Its stem is carved with lions, the bowl with emblems, and supporting the bowl are angels. On the wall of the nave are the Royal Arms of Queen Anne.[1] Also in the nave is a wall tablet to the memory of Gilbert Mouse who died in 1622. It consists of an inscribed slate plate, with an alabaster surround decorated with memento mori images[4] The two-manual organ was made in 1929 by J. Rayson and Son.[6] The ring consists of five bells. The oldest bell was cast in about 1490 in the Bury St Edmunds foundry. The others bell were cast in 1617 by Miles Graye II, in 1729 by Richard Phelps, and in 1816 and 1817 by Thomas Mears II.[7]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Church of St Mary, Stonham Parva", Heritage Gateway website (Heritage Gateway (English Heritage, Institute of Historic Building Conservation and ALGAO:England)), 2006, http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=279376&resourceID=5, retrieved 26 February 2011
- ^ a b c d Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stonham Parva, Suffolk, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St-Mary-the-Virgin-Stonham-Parva-Suffolk/, retrieved 25 March 2011
- ^ Stonham Parva, Streetmap, http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/611040_260193_120, retrieved 27 February 2011
- ^ a b c d Knott, Simon (April 2008), St Mary, Stonham Parva, Suffolk Churches, http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stonhamparva.htm, retrieved 27 February 2011
- ^ Stonham Parva, St Mary's Church, Britain Express, http://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4134, retrieved 27 February 2011
- ^ Suffolk, Stonham, Little, St. Mary, Church Lane (N00911), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N00911, retrieved 27 February 2011
- ^ Little Stonham, S Mary V, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Stonham+Parva&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=LITTLE+STO, retrieved 27 February 2011
Categories:- Grade I listed buildings in Suffolk
- Grade I listed churches
- Church of England churches in Suffolk
- English Gothic architecture
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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