Just one of the 15th century carved bench finishes in the nave at Ufford. The bench finishes here are unconventional in staying adorned with pairs of carved animals / figures experiencing the two east and west (alternatively than the regular a person dealing with east).
Ufford’s church of the Assumption is justly famed and desires very little introduction in churchcrawling circles. It is one particular of people special church buildings which is not only a most handsome making in its individual suitable but retains far more of its medieval features than most, and just one incredible piece that is of this kind of renown it would be truly worth coming listed here to see all on its very own the point the church is this sort of a gem regardless would make an supplemental bonus!
I to start with arrived below a long time ago as my interest in church buildings blossomed in childhood. We realized this a single was worthy of a particular journey and I remembered it appropriately (lengthy just before I took any fifty percent respectable photos of class). Currently being so close I couldn’t resist the urge to revisit Ufford, above three a long time later on.
The church seems completely of 15th century day (nevertheless plainly a church has stood on this web page for a lot lengthier) and the fantastic west tower announces its presence as a single ways from the road. The churchyard is a green and pleasantly sheltered house (even though the trees make it really hard to get an in general watch of the making) and the path prospects straight to the gorgeous south porch, all adorned with playful flint flushwork models. As pleasurable nevertheless the exterior is on the other hand the lure of this church lies inside of and and is way too inviting to resist.
Inside the church it is immediately clear that this gentle and attractive area has substantially of interest with medieval pews all all over populated by figurative carvings, but shifting from the south aisle to the nave 1 is confronted by what makes Ufford so famous, the font with its towering picket canopy, achieving as significant as the nave roof! The font alone is rather standard for Suffolk and not significant, but the good wood spire positioned atop it helps make it a wonder of medieval England. It is unsurprisingly the tallest in the state and a remarkable survival, it has misplaced the statuettes that once stuffed its niches (a few much more latest replacements adorn it listed here and there) but is nonetheless topped by the image of the pelican in piety. One has to ponder it awhile, it dominates the narrow area of the nave like no other and is a masterpiece of medieval woodwork (to raise the go over the reduced part is created to move individually and ‘telescopically’ to address that earlier mentioned, alternatively than raise the total spire of wooden).
There is additional to see listed here beside the font of course, but that is the attribute that steals the show in this article. Earlier mentioned it the medieval roof adorned with angels, regrettably not the primary figures which ended up last to Protestant iconoclast, the current pair of angels and winged cherubic heads being early 20th century. The high-quality woodwork of the nave pews would be truly worth a stop by in their possess proper wherever else with a outstanding assortment of figures adorning them which reward exploration and study. The chancel over and above also has a good roof, this time adorned with painted shields depicting symbols of the Enthusiasm, and the glass in the east window appears old, even though be conscious that most of this is pretty clever early 20th century imitation.
Ufford church is a person of the highlights of this portion of Suffolk and should not be skipped. It is fortunately retained open up and welcoming on both of those instances I visited, and typically must be outside covid-influenced periods.
For far more on this gem of a church see its entry on the Suffolk Churches web page beneath:-
www.suffolkchurches.co.british isles/Ufford.htm
Posted by Aidan McRae Thomson on 2021-03-11 12:41:25
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