2010

TL8559 : All Saints' church in Hawstead - view east

taken 13 years ago, near to Hawstead, Suffolk, England

All Saints' church in Hawstead - view east
All Saints' church in Hawstead - view east
This view was taken after re-hanging of the five hatchments seen above the chancel arch, after their restoration. The dismantled scaffolding can be seen on the nave floor.

A church is documented to have stood on this site since at least from 1086. The chancel dates from around 1300 and the tower was completed in 1510 but the church > Link as we see it today was substantially rebuilt during the 16th century, retaining the Norman north > Link and south doorways. The church is of note because of the many monuments it houses, most commemorating members of the Drury family, the major landowners in the area. The oldest, dating from 1271, is the effigy of a knight > Link. It commemorates Sir Eustace Fitz-Eustace, lord of the manor of Hawstead. Sir Robert Drury's monument > Link adjoins it on the north side of the sanctuary, and on the opposite wall is his daughter > Link Elizabeth, d 1510, aged 14. Sir Thomas Cullum's memorial (1664) > Link can be seen to the west of it. The ceilured roof above > Link is painted with Marian monograms. Two panels of C17 Flemish glass > Link have been reset into one of the nave north windows. All other stained glass > Link dates from the 19th and early 20th century. Most of the windows were designed by Henry Holiday and produced for Powell & Sons. Medieval survivals include the original hammerbeam roof, adorned with carved angels, in the nave and fragments of a mural on the west wall. A rare survival can be found affixed to the chancel screen - it is a sanctus bell stirrup that still contains the (possibly) original bell > Link. The baptismal font > Link dates from the 13th century.

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Category: Church interior
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Memorial [67] · Stained Glass Window [54] · Church is of Note [41] · View of the Church [9] · Hatchment [7] · East [5] ·
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TL8559, 211 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 24 November, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 25 November, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 855 592 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:12.0357N 0:42.8498E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 855 592
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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