Church of St Mary the Virgin

CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1037350
Date first listed:
23-Jan-1958
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
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2002-09-04
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1037350
Date first listed:
23-Jan-1958
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Suffolk
District:
Babergh (District Authority)
Parish:
Brettenham
National Grid Reference:
TL 96726 54200

Details

BRETTENHAM CHURCH ROAD 1. 5377 Church of St Mary the Virgin TL 95 SE 33/194 23.1.58 I 2. A flint church with stone dressings. Mainly of the C14, some C15 work. Restored in the C19. The west tower is built on the south side of the nave and the lower stage is the south porch. Diagonal buttresses and a castellated parapet. Roofs slate. The nave has arched trusses with short wall posts with moulded caps and bases on stone corbels and there is a castellated wall plate. There is a good C14 octagonal font with ogee panels and a C17 carved cover. The C17 communion rail has twisted balusters. The chancel is restored. Graded for its architectural and historical value.

Listing NGR: TL9672654200

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276341
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