Historic Churches in Suffolk

The church of Holy Trinity at Blythburgh is one of the outstanding historic buildings in a county that seems to specialise in such things. There has been a church here on the banks of the River Blyth since perhaps as early as AD 630, but the current building has its roots in the 12th century when Blythburgh Priory was founded by a group of canons from Essex. In 1412 Henry IV granted the canons the right to build the current church.
Church Lane, Blythburgh, East Anglia, Suffolk, England, IP19 9LL

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Heritage Highlight: Superb carved angel roof and bench ends

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Boxford is a pretty village midway between Hadleigh and Sudbury, just north of the A1071. The parish church of St Mary's stands at a junction of roads in the centre of the village. The first thing you notice about the church is the large south porch, which is strikingly light-coloured and seems to be of a different material than the rest of the building.
Church Street, Boxford, Suffolk, England, CO10 5DU

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The church is St Andrew's in Bramfield is a delightful building, full of historical interest. The most obvious feature, and the most unusual, is the round tower, standing well aside from the main body of the church. This is the only flint-built detached round tower in Suffolk and dates to the 12th century.
Walpole Road, Bramfield, Suffolk, England, IP19 9HU

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Heritage Highlight: Late medieval rood screen

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As you turn off the A1141 towards the little village of Brent Eleigh you go down a dip in the road into a hollow, between tall overhanging trees. It feels as if you are going back in time, and in a way, you are, back to the 13th century, when the church of St Mary was built on its steep-sided hill beside Brent Eleigh Hall.
Hall Road, Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: Magnificent 13th century wall paintings

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St Mary's is a delightful 14th-century church in a pretty rural village. The church boasts memorials to the Wenyeve family, lords of the manor. The earliest is a brass to Thomas Wenyeve dated 1611. Another feature is a 14th-century font with a painted Jacobean cover.
Church Road, Brettenham, Suffolk, England, IP7 7QR

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Heritage Highlight: 1611 memorial brass

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There's not a lot to Bruisyard beyond a few farms and the old parish church, dedicated to St Peter. The church stands on a small rise of ground on the north bank of the River Alde and is approached under a lych gate and up a sloping path. The first thing you notice about St Peter's is the round tower - this could only be East Anglia!
Bruisyard, East Anglia, Suffolk, England, IP17 2EG

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Heritage Highlight: Elizabethan Hare brasses

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Holy Trinity Church is the oldest building in the historic town of Bungay. The attractive round tower of Holy Trinity (or, to give the church its proper title, Holy Trinity with St Mary's) dates to the late Saxon period. It is built of local flint and rubble, with the traditional herringbone masonry so common in late Saxon buildings.
Trinity Street, Bungay, East Anglia, Suffolk, England, NR35 1AU

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Heritage Highlight: 16th-century Throckmorton brass

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This attractive church in the centre of Bungay has a very striking tower which is a landmark for miles around. The tower was built in the 15th century when St Mary's was constructed to serve a small Benedictine priory.
St Mary's Street, Bungay, Suffolk, England, NR35 1AX

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The imposing church of St Mary's gives its name to the Suffolk version of Bures (technically, there is no such place as Bures; on the Suffolk side of the River Stour is Bures St Mary's, and on the Essex side is Bures Hamlet). The church dates in part to the 13th century, but much of the present building is 14th century. There was obviously an earlier church on the site, as the list of clergy goes back all the way to 1180.
Church Square, Bures, Suffolk, England, CO8 5BS

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century wooden effigy of a knight

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A grand and hugely impressive late medieval church located just a short stroll away from St Edmundsbury Cathedral, St Mary's boasts one of the longest naves of any parish church in England and stretches to 213 feet in length overall.
Crown Street, Bury St Edmunds, East Anglia, Suffolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: 15th century Notyngham north porch

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