Nominal: 905 Hz Weight: 784 lbs Diameter: 33.19" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1890
Dove Bell ID: 3542 Tower ID: 10670 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Ilketshall St Andrew: St Andrew
Diocese of St.Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Church, 633344
http://www.hundredriverandwainfordbenefice.org.uk/Overview
Grid reference: TM 379 872
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Round west tower, aisleless nave with north and south doorways, the former now blocked, and south porch with parvise chancel of the same width as the nave. There is no vestry save the ground stage of the tower.
Footprint of Church buildings: 257 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The round tower is presumablyNorman in origin, the octagonal top a later addition of the Decorated period. Norman also are one north window and the north and south doorways. The present windows in the nave (and its roof) are Perpendicular, and the chancel is fourteenth-century much restored in the last century.
Exterior Description
The tower has a small lancet high in the south wall to admit a modicum of light to the middle stage and shortly above this again the circular form gives way to an octagonal belfry stage of later date and style. The cardinal faces of this have bell-openings (now lacking all tracery), and the intermediate faces show similar openings in flushwork, the tracery of which doubtless shows what is missing from the others. The parapet, with moulded battlements, is decorated with an arcade of ogee headed panels, also executed in flushwork.
The nave is basically Norman, as is witnessed by the north and south doorways. That in the north wall is quite plain, and has been long blocked; it has responds with projecting imposts chamfered on the under side. The arch, which is round, is composed of voussoirs so neat in appearance that they seem to have been tidied up at a later date. The south doorway is one of the finer features of the building, with an arch of two orders of which the outer is decorated with a zig-zag roll-moulding while the inner is contrastingly left plain. They both have moulded imposts and the outer rests on nook shafts with rustic cushion capitals and a rope moulding at the neck. One Norman window also remains in the north wall of the nave, similar in dimensions to, though rather earlier than, the light in the south side of the tower.
During the Perpendicular period larger windows were provided in the nave walls, those on the north having two lights and three lights respectively (from west to east), with ogee-headed main lights and panel tracery above, almost all renewed in the nineteenth century. The south wall has four windows, all of two lights, of varying widths but three of similar design based on cusped Y-tracery. One which has a more sharply pointed Y and heavier cusping, is evidently of an earlier date (although in their present forn, all those windows also have been much renewed). The nineteenth century also provided flint and stone buttresses along north and south walls where (it seems) none existed before.
The south porch, which forms the entrance to the church, has been thoroughly restored, but scens originally to have been Tudor, and in corporates the bright red bricks so often found at this period in Suffolk. The four-centred arch of the outer doorway, within a rectangular surround, also lends credence to this date.
The chancel is scarcely narrower than the nave (only about two inches on the north side and no narrower on the south), and is early fourteenth century in date. This is shown by one window in the south wall, similar to the earlier type in the south wall of the nave. Also in the south wall is a later insertion with three lights and panel tracery similar to the Perpendicular window in the north nave wall. Another of these appears in the north chancel wall, together with a single lancet light. The east window is of three lights with cusped ogee heads to the main lights and panel tracery above; in its present form it has been entirely renewed. The upper part of the gable has also evidently been rebuilt. Some fragments of carved stones are built into the corner of the south chancel buttress. The buttresses of the chancel, like those in the nave, are all nineteenth-century.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
Late 19th Century
The only window with stained glass is the small Norman light in the north nave wall; this shows St.Andrew; the other shows the Virgin and Child.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior of the church, being structurally undivided by a chancel arch, appears long and narrow, this being emphasised by the prominent moulded purlins in the roof structure. The perspective is even more exaggerated by the outward leaning walls. These are plastered through out. The windows stand within plain reveals, and there are in addition several niches on the inner walls (two in the south and one in the north), all quite simple without any form of decorative surround. The tower arch at the west end is a two-centred arch, with two orders of chamfering. The floor is laid with parments and the pews stand on timber boarding. To the east of the south doorway is a narrow staircase giving access to the parvise.
The chancel is scarcely separated from the nave visually, although there is one step at the point formerly occupied by the screen, and the roof is slightly more than a foot lower than that of the nave. The nave has in addition arch braces between the wall posts carved with roses and shields; the chancel, in addition to these, has winged angels attached to the foot of each wall post. These are nineteenth century, and indeed the whole roof structure shows much nieteen century renewal of timber; most of the carved wall braces in the nave, however, seem to be original.
The chancel floor is paved with alternate red and black tiles, and there are two further steps to the sanctuary and finally a foot-pace for the altar. On the south side of the chancel are the remains of a tomb recess; these consist only of the upper part of a flowing ogee arch, and indeed of that only the outer order of noulding which projects from the wall surface, both the inner orders and the crockets having disappeared save for a small section of the former in the point of the arch, The finely carved finial remains, as do the vertical pinnacles, of slender proportions, flanking the arch; these also retain their finials, which are equally finely executed.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
The altar is a plain wooden table.
Reredos
The reredos consists of three timber-framed panels hung with curtains.
Pulpit
The pulpit is a fine piece, hexagonal, of oak and nineteenth century in date, though incorporating earlier panels.
Lectern
1899
The lectern dates from 1899, an oak reading desk on a buttressed octagonal pedestal.
Font (object)
15th Century
The font is fifteenth-century, much re-cut, with an octagonal panelled bowl on clustered colonettes. Between the latter are tiny niches above quatrefoils and on the panels of the bowl are blank shields within quatrefoils within circles.
Organ (object)
The organ is by Casson, a single-manual.
Rail
The communion rails are not old, but are attractive in the eighteenth century style with closely-set balusters.
Bells
Nominal: 1050 Hz Weight: 560 lbs Diameter: 28.94" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1890
Dove Bell ID: 26010 Tower ID: 10670 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 985 Hz Weight: 616 lbs Diameter: 30.69" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1890
Dove Bell ID: 26011 Tower ID: 10670 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TM 379 872
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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