Church Of St Genevieve At Fornham Park is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. A Medieval Church.
Church Of St Genevieve At Fornham Park
- WRENN ID
- rusted-baluster-holly
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL86NW 410/1/21 14-JUL-55
FORNHAM ST GENEVIEVE Church of St Genevieve at Fornham Park
GV II*
Church tower. Only the ruinous west tower of the former parish church remains; the rest was accidentally burnt down on 24th June 1782. C14. Rubble flint, with freestone quoins; in 3 stages, unbuttressed, with a plain uncrenellated parapet. A 2- light window with cusped heads to lights on all faces of the top stage; a quatrefoil window on the middle stage of the west face, and a lancet on the first stage; a high tower arch on the east. HISTORY. This tower was consciously retained after the fire to provide a romantic focal point in the landscape park laid out in Fornham Park in the late C18. Capability Brown, who died in 1783, visited Fornham in 1781 and again in 1782 after the fire, and produced schemes for the park and for rebuilding the church, but the extent of his contribution is not certain at present. Part of a significant group including the surviving service buildings and walled gardens (q.v.).
Listing NGR: TL8399168355
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