Church of St Edmund
CHURCH OF ST EDMUND
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1036733
- Date first listed:
- 23-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Edmund
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST EDMUND
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1036733
- Date first listed:
- 23-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Edmund
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST EDMUND
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST EDMUND
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Babergh (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Assington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 93574 38796
Details
Assington 1. 5377 Church of St Edmund TL 93 NW 11/32 23.3.61. I
2. A C15 flint church with stone dressings. The chancel was rebuilt in 1830 and the west tower was rebuilt in 1863 when the church was restored. The tower has angle buttresses, a castellated parapet and an octagonal corner staircase turret. The nave has a castellated parapet. The south doors were made by Thomas Elliston in 1766. The nave has braced cambered beams with crown posts and the aisles have moulded beams and joists, with bosses carved with heads and tudor roses. The interior fittings include a brass of circa 1500 to a knight and lady, a brass to Robert Gurdon (d 1577) and wife, a brass to John Gurdon (d 1623) and wife, in the chancel a double wall monument of circa 1625 with 2 pairs of kneeling figures to Robert Gurdon (d 1577) and John Gurdon (d 1623), and in the south aisle a wall monument to Brampton Gurdon (d 1648) and his 2 wives. Graded for its historical value and internal features.
Listing NGR: TL9357438796
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 277828
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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