St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish

St Mary's Church, Cavendish
St Mary's Church, Cavendish
52°5′14.69″N 0°37′59.26″E / 52.0874139°N 0.6331278°ECoordinates: 52°5′14.69″N 0°37′59.26″E / 52.0874139°N 0.6331278°E
Location	Cavendish, Suffolk
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St Mary
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Administration
Parish	Cavendish
Deanery	Clare
Archdeaconry	Suffolk
Diocese	Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England^[1] in Cavendish, Suffolk.

History

The reredos

The church is mostly 14th century. Simon Jenkins awarded the church 1 star in his 'England's Thousand Best Churches'.^[2]

The church contains a 16th-century Flemish reredos, showing the crucifixion. It is set in a frame by Sir Ninian Comper.

Parish status

The Parish of Clavendish is part of the Stour Valley Team Ministry, along with the Parishes of:

• St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare
• St Mary's Church, Poslingford
• St John the Baptist's Church, Stoke by Clare
• St Leonard's Church, Wixoe

Organ

The church has a two manual pipe organ dating from 1884 by Henry Jones and Sons. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. ^[3]

References

1. The Buildings of England: Suffolk: Nikolaus Pevsner.
2. Simon Jenkins, English's Thousand Best Churches, Penguin 2009, ISBN 978-0-14-103930-5
3. http://npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D00095