Of all the church buildings I prepared to see on this tour this was the 1 that I was the most psyched about, not only is Blythburgh a person of Suffolk’s best but between the best and grandest parish church buildings in the place, all the much more shocking in this rural place. I might acknowledged about it for a long time, so it was most fulfilling to eventually get to see it for myself.
Holy Trinity at Blythburgh dates typically from the 15th century, a grand essay in the Perpendicular Gothic type. The 1st perception is of flint walls punctuated by a mass of windows, specifically in the clerestorey previously mentioned, together with the building’s wonderful size and size. The is a lot decorative carving close to the home windows and parapet, most strikingly the carved figures that stand in put of pinnacles. The tower by contrast appears rather plain, a stern sentinel viewing in excess of the making this is in element due to storm damage in 1577 which introduced down the steeple and is probable when the belfry windows shed their tracery and acquired their present boarded-around visual appearance. The south porch underneath makes a grand statement and beckons us to enter, noting the unconventional survival of a drinking water-stoup.
Inside a extensive room is unveiled, very well lit by primarily apparent-glazed home windows and and crammed with historical woodwork. Not only is this church stunning it is also delightfully reliable, getting been through small restoration around the generations (it must have been a major stress for such a small neighborhood) and as a result is a location of authentic ageless environment, most of the furnishings are pre-Victorian and the only colored glass is the collection of medieval fragments in the traceries of a couple of windows.
The most extraordinary characteristic is the roof, retaining considerably of its first painted decoration and angel figures down the centre, also retaining a lot colour. This feature was familiar to me from so a lot of photos in textbooks, but in ultimately viewing it with my possess eyes it misplaced none of its effects. It extends virtually the comprehensive size of the creating as there is minimal structural division in between nave and chancel.
After absorbing the beauties over interest should really go to the riot of medieval carving at ground stage, where all the nave pews retain their 15th century bench-ends with figurative carvings, some with topics from the Acts of Mercy and 7 Lethal Sins, not all in fantastic situation but a exceptional survival however. In the chancel the stall fronts bear astonishingly very well preserved rows of carved canopied apostles, not always in situ as considerably of the woodwork appears reconstructed but the figures themselves surface to be uncommon medieval survivals.
This is a church to expend some time in and soak up its exclusive atmosphere. Staying on a little bit of a mission that working day I didn’t have time to sit peacefully as 1 ought to, but it was the longest prevent on my itinerary, and 1 of the most worthwhile, I would happily return.
This is a person of the ‘must see’ churches of Suffolk and is often open up and welcoming by day accordingly. For the third time that working day I satisfied a few performing a equivalent tour to me and we briefly chatted about what a joy it is to go to, I urge other individuals to do likewise.
www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/Blythburgh.htm
Posted by Aidan McRae Thomson on 2019-04-26 06:58:21
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