St Mary's Church, Chilton

St Mary's Church, Chilton

A brick tower with a battlemented parapet, and the body of the flint church beyond it

St Mary's Church, Chilton, from the west
St Mary's Church, Chilton
Location in Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°02′46″N 0°45′15″E / 52.0461°N 0.7542°E / 52.0461; 0.7542
OS grid reference TL 889 423
Location Chilton, Suffolk
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website Churches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional status Redundant
Heritage designation Grade I
Designated 23 March 1961
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic
Specifications
Materials Flint, brick tower

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Chilton, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] Although it lies just to the northeast of the Sudbury eastern bypass, it stands in an isolated position.[2][3] Around it is the site of a deserted medieval village. It is not known why the village was deserted; suggestions include the plague in the 14th century, moving dwellings to accommodate the deer park of nearby Chilton Hall, or through the drift from agriculture to industrial towns.[4]

History

The church dates from the 15th century. The tower and a chantry chapel for the Crane family of the local hall were added during the following century. The church was restored in the 1860s.[2]

Architecture

The body of the church is constructed in flint, and the tower in brick. Its plan consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel with a chapel to the north, and a west tower. The parapets of the nave and chancel are embattled, as is that of the tower which also has crocketted pinnacles at the corners. The porch has a moulded brick parapet.[1]

In the Crane chapel are the table tombs of George Crane, who died in 1491, and Robert Crane, who died in 1500, and his wife. On the wall is a monument to Sir Robert Crane who died in 1643, and his two wives; this was carved in 1626 by Gerard Christmas.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Chilton (1351732)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 February 2014
  2. 1 2 3 St Mary's Church, Chilton, Suffolk, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 25 March 2011
  3. ↑ Chilton, Streetmap, retrieved 1 March 2011
  4. ↑ A Brief History of Chilton, Chilton Parish Council, archived from the original on 8 February 2012, retrieved 9 February 2014

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