All Saints' Church, Icklingham

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Coordinates: 52°19′22″N 0°36′15″E / 52.3228°N 0.6042°E / 52.3228; 0.6042
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All Saints' Church, Icklingham
Style
Norman, Gothic
Specifications
MaterialsFlint, thatched roof

All Saints' Church is a

ancient trackway of Icknield Way, and Icklingham is close to an important junction on this trackway.[2]

History

A Roman Christian graveyard exists in Icklingham, and a baptismal font was found on the same site. The Icklingham font is made of lead, and is visible in the British Museum.

Some of the fabric in the nave is Norman dating from the 11th or 12th century.[1] The church was almost completely rebuilt in the 14th century, a time of great prosperity in the area.[2] A south porch was added in the 15th century.[1] The church has been unused for over 100 years,[2] and its benefice has been united with that of St James, the other church in the village.[3] It was declared redundant in the 1970s. Since passing into the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, its roof has been re-thatched in the traditional manner.[2]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is constructed in

canopied niches. The niches show traces of colour, suggesting that they were originally painted. Its south wall contains a three-light window, and under the eaves is a cornice decorated with ball flowers. The porch has a pilastered doorway and two-light windows on each side. The south doorway into the church dates from the 14th century.[1]

Interior

The south

aumbry. The chancel also contains many 14th-century mosaic tiles with line-impressed decorations, dating from the 14th century. The rood screen is still partly present, and there is a door and stairs to the previous rood loft. The limestone font dates from the 14th century. It is carried on five columns, and its octagonal bowl is carved with different tracery on each face. The pulpit is also octagonal; it dates from the 17th century. Some of the stained glass dates from the 14th century. The pews are carved with poppyheads and date from between the 15th and the 17th centuries.[1] There is a ring of three bells. Two of these were cast between 1424 and 1513 by Brasyers of Norwich, and the other in 1608 by John Draper of Thetford.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Icklingham (1351332)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2013
  2. ^ a b c d e All Saints' Church, Icklingham, Suffolk, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 1 December 2016
  3. ^ Icklingham, St James, Icklingham, Church of England, retrieved 16 December 2010
  4. ^ Icklingham, All Saints, The Suffolk Guild of Ringers, retrieved 16 December 2010

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