Walpole, Suffolk - St. Mary
The parish church is set on a hill, away from the village centre.
St. Mary's was built during the 12th. century, or earlier, evidence of this being the Norman south doorway.
The building was much restored by the architect H.M. Eyton in
1878. On the lower part of the medieval tower, which a bequest shows was going up in the 1440's, Eyton built a rectangular top with a squared-off octagonal bell stage under a fully octagonal spire. The aisle also dates entirely from 1878.
Inside the church there is a 15th. century octagonal font, which was brought from St. Andrew's Church in Norwich. Above the tower arch is a small Hanoverian Royal Arms, in plaster
For it's surviving medieval work, the church received Grade: II* listed building status on 7th. December 1966. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 286144).
Walpole, Suffolk - St. Mary
The parish church is set on a hill, away from the village centre.
St. Mary's was built during the 12th. century, or earlier, evidence of this being the Norman south doorway.
The building was much restored by the architect H.M. Eyton in
1878. On the lower part of the medieval tower, which a bequest shows was going up in the 1440's, Eyton built a rectangular top with a squared-off octagonal bell stage under a fully octagonal spire. The aisle also dates entirely from 1878.
Inside the church there is a 15th. century octagonal font, which was brought from St. Andrew's Church in Norwich. Above the tower arch is a small Hanoverian Royal Arms, in plaster
For it's surviving medieval work, the church received Grade: II* listed building status on 7th. December 1966. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 286144).