Historic Churches in Suffolk

The church of St Peter and St Paul in the Suffolk village of Eye is a mainly 14th-century building, with a late 15th-century tower and south porch. It is built of brick and flint with ashlar dressing.
Church Street, Eye, Suffolk, England, IP23 7BD

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The church of St Michael the Archangel in Framlingham is one of my favourite churches in Suffolk. Most people who come to Framlingham do so to visit the castle, and on their way to the main castle entrance, they troop by the tree-shrouded churchyard, unaware that they are missing a wonderful historic building that is every bit as interesting as the castle itself.
Church Street, Framlingham, East Anglia, Suffolk, England, IP13 9BJ

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The village of Fressingfield packs a lot of history into a small area. At the heart of the village is the superb parish church of St Peter and St Paul, built about 1320 on the site of an earlier church. At the east end of the nave gable is a sanctus tower, considered to be the finest such tower in Suffolk. The church is famous for its marvellous series of carved bench ends and its 15th-century single hammerbeam roof.
Church Street, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, IP21 5PB

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Heritage Highlight: Superb 15th century carved benches

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The church at Friston dates to the Norman period and probably stands on the site of a Saxon church with links to the priory at Snape. It is built to a parish church typical plan, with a nave, chancel, west tower, and south porch, though the nave and chancel are combined under one roof and rather run together, with no arch and only a step up to mark the transition from nave to chancel.
Church Road, Friston, East Anglia, Suffolk, England, IP17 1PX

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This area of north-east Suffolk has a lot of round tower churches, but I have to say that Gisleham's is one of the most attractive. The tower of Holy Trinity has a base that may be late Saxon and is topped with an octagonal belfry made of red brick. The belfry may be as early as 14th century.
5 Church Road, Gisleham, Suffolk, England, NR33 8DS

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St Bartholomew's church in the small Suffolk village of Groton is an attractive flint building, dating mainly to the 15th century. The oldest part of the church is the base of the tower, which is likely 13th century. At first sight, St Bartholomew's might have you scratching your head; the parapetted nave is so high and box-like that the tower seems almost to disappear beside it.
Church Street, Groton, Suffolk, England, CO10 5ED

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Good gracious this is an attractive church. At first glance, Grundisburgh's rather unusual brick tower looks like it belongs to an industrial works rather than a church, but it rather grows on you.

The Green, Grundisburgh, East Anglia, Suffolk, England, IP13 6NF

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Heritage Highlight: 15th century double hammerbeam roof

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The first church here almost certainly predated the Domesday Book. A round-tower Norman church was built on the site, but this, in turn, was rebuilt in the 14th century, and again in the 15th century when the current Perpendicular building took its final form.
London Road, Halesworth, Suffolk, England, IP19 8LQ

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Heritage Highlight: Three carved 'Danestones'

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Haughley's large parish church dates to the 13th century and stands within the outer bailey of Haughley Castle. Within the church is a late medieval font carved with figures of the Suffolk woodwose, a wild man of the woods. Look for the 18th-century leather fire buckets used in the days before fire engines.
Duke Street, Haughley, Suffolk, England, IP14 3QT

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The 13th-century church of St Mary stands beside the grounds of Helmingham Hall, home of the Tollemache family for over 500 years. Superb memorials to generations of the Tollemache family fill the church. The earliest memorial dates to 1620. Look for a 15th-century font decorated with carved lions standing atop human heads.
Helmingham Road (B1077), Helmingham, Suffolk, England, IP14 6EQ

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Heritage Highlight: Tollemache family tombs

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