Church Of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. A Medieval Church.

Church Of St Michael

WRENN ID
first-solder-weasel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1966
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael is a parish church that dates back to the medieval period and was restored in 1852. It features a nave, chancel, west tower, north porch, and north vestry. The building is constructed from random flint rubble, with remnants of plaster on the east wall of the chancel, and stone dressings. The roofs of the nave and porch are covered with plain tiles, while the chancel has a slate roof.

The 15th-century tower consists of four stages and has a crenellated parapet, with diagonal buttresses on the west face. It includes a two-light west window with a blocked niche above and two-light Y tracery openings for the bell chamber. The parapet and buttresses feature panelled flushwork, and there is a clock face on the north side.

The nave has two 15th-century windows, one of which is largely original, and a blocked doorway on the south side, along with a two-light 15th-century window on the north side. The simple 15th-century porch has a knapped flint facade and an empty niche above the doorway. The chancel, dating from the 14th century, has two broad lancet windows and a Priest's doorway on the south side, a two-light Y tracery window on the north side, and a four-light east window with intersecting tracery.

Inside, there is a simple arch-braced roof in the nave with six bays and a moulded wallplate, and there is no chancel arch. The font is plain and octagonal, likely from the 19th century. The pulpit, which includes a backboard and tester, is dated '1632 WP'. The nave contains a set of 26 box pews from the 19th century. The sanctuary features a simple piscina and a late 19th-century stone reredos, with panels painted with the Lord's Prayer, the Commandments, and the Creed. There are two sets of Royal Arms displayed: Charles II on the north nave wall and Victoria above the tower arch. The church is graded II* due to its surviving medieval fabric.

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