St Andrew's Church, Brockley, in Suffolk, England.
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Brockley (not to be confused with Brockley Green which is 11 miles away) is a civil parish in the St Edmundsbury borough of Suffolk, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 281 increasing to 312 at the 2011 Census. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Bury St Edmunds and 9 miles (14 km) north of Sudbury on the B1066. Also it is 2 miles (3 km) north of Hartest. A small hamlet, recorded in Domesday as "Brochola" or "Broclega": the name originates from 'woodland clearing by a brook'. Mill Road marks the location of a former post mill which was demolished in 1930. East of B1066 is Willow Tree Farm (now Britton's Farm) (farthest out) with a small chapel (halfway to B1066). West of B1066 is Mile Farm (now Long's Farm) with the Pumping Station farthest west. Brockley Hall and St Andrew's church are still around 1 km north of the village. St Andrew's dates from mediaeval times but was renovated in 1866. It is a grade II* listed building. There have been no public houses in the village since the 1980s, although prior to that there had been two: the Fox and Hounds and The Six Bells. A blacksmith used to be next door to the pub. A shop, and petrol station closed some years ago.
Brockley Cricket Club started over 60 years ago and supports three league teams playing in local leagues, a midweek team and a youth programme. The village also supports an indoor bowls club that has enjoyed some success in the past.
St Andrews Church, mediaeval, altered 1866. Nave, chancel, west tower, south porch, north vestry. Flint and septaria rubble, partially rendered; limestone dressings. Slated roofs with parapet gables. Some early C14 features including, in the chancel:- 2 2-light south windows with curvilinear tracery, 3-light east window, double piscina with separate arches. In the south nave wall an ogee-headed tomb-canopy, probably of Alexander de Walsham (died c.1338), of Brockley Hall. Later C14 alterations include:- 2-light windows and south doorways to nave and chancel; nave entrance door, oak battened and boarded with iron knocker and escutcheon; chancel arch with pilasters having moulded capital and base and pair of flanking image pedestals; steps up to rood-loft formed with dropped window cill having inset piscina bowl. Tower added to west and late C15; crenellated parapets, 2-light belfry openings, diagonal buttresses, frieze at plinth level, with flushwork tracery and the name Ricardus Copping on the south side, 3-light west window with tracery, tall tower arch with pilasters. South porch added C15; timber-framed with arched doorway and diamond mullioned side-lights, flint and ashlar plinth (repaired in red brick), gabled slated roof with simple crown posts. Extensive alterations of 1866, including: removal of narrow tower between nave and chancel (evidence visible in south wall); replacement of chancel roof by a 7-canted roof, boarded with ribs and bosses; removal of nave roof and replacement with scissor-braced coupled rafter roof; construction of new vestry against north wall; oak poppy-head pews and choir-stalls, some reusing C16 poppy-heads and
benchends; altar reredos in 7 oak-framed panels with figure paintings; windows in the north wall inserted or, perhaps, unblocked and restored.
St Andrew's Church, Brockley, in Suffolk, England.
To view more of my images of Brockely, in Suffolk, please click "here"
Please, no group invites; thank you!
Brockley (not to be confused with Brockley Green which is 11 miles away) is a civil parish in the St Edmundsbury borough of Suffolk, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 281 increasing to 312 at the 2011 Census. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Bury St Edmunds and 9 miles (14 km) north of Sudbury on the B1066. Also it is 2 miles (3 km) north of Hartest. A small hamlet, recorded in Domesday as "Brochola" or "Broclega": the name originates from 'woodland clearing by a brook'. Mill Road marks the location of a former post mill which was demolished in 1930. East of B1066 is Willow Tree Farm (now Britton's Farm) (farthest out) with a small chapel (halfway to B1066). West of B1066 is Mile Farm (now Long's Farm) with the Pumping Station farthest west. Brockley Hall and St Andrew's church are still around 1 km north of the village. St Andrew's dates from mediaeval times but was renovated in 1866. It is a grade II* listed building. There have been no public houses in the village since the 1980s, although prior to that there had been two: the Fox and Hounds and The Six Bells. A blacksmith used to be next door to the pub. A shop, and petrol station closed some years ago.
Brockley Cricket Club started over 60 years ago and supports three league teams playing in local leagues, a midweek team and a youth programme. The village also supports an indoor bowls club that has enjoyed some success in the past.
St Andrews Church, mediaeval, altered 1866. Nave, chancel, west tower, south porch, north vestry. Flint and septaria rubble, partially rendered; limestone dressings. Slated roofs with parapet gables. Some early C14 features including, in the chancel:- 2 2-light south windows with curvilinear tracery, 3-light east window, double piscina with separate arches. In the south nave wall an ogee-headed tomb-canopy, probably of Alexander de Walsham (died c.1338), of Brockley Hall. Later C14 alterations include:- 2-light windows and south doorways to nave and chancel; nave entrance door, oak battened and boarded with iron knocker and escutcheon; chancel arch with pilasters having moulded capital and base and pair of flanking image pedestals; steps up to rood-loft formed with dropped window cill having inset piscina bowl. Tower added to west and late C15; crenellated parapets, 2-light belfry openings, diagonal buttresses, frieze at plinth level, with flushwork tracery and the name Ricardus Copping on the south side, 3-light west window with tracery, tall tower arch with pilasters. South porch added C15; timber-framed with arched doorway and diamond mullioned side-lights, flint and ashlar plinth (repaired in red brick), gabled slated roof with simple crown posts. Extensive alterations of 1866, including: removal of narrow tower between nave and chancel (evidence visible in south wall); replacement of chancel roof by a 7-canted roof, boarded with ribs and bosses; removal of nave roof and replacement with scissor-braced coupled rafter roof; construction of new vestry against north wall; oak poppy-head pews and choir-stalls, some reusing C16 poppy-heads and
benchends; altar reredos in 7 oak-framed panels with figure paintings; windows in the north wall inserted or, perhaps, unblocked and restored.