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Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Rushbrooke with Rougham, Suffolk

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  • St Mary: mainly c14-c15; late c15 five-stage Perpendicular tower with step-embattled parapet

  • St Mary: view from south-east; untraceried Perpendicular aisle windows; c14 south porch with three light side openings

  • St Mary: frieze at top of tower; inscription reads pray for ye sowle of John Tillot

  • St Mary: c14 Decorated arcades, five light east window with reticulated tracery; benches with poppy heads, 1500-1535

  • St Mary: single hammerbeam nave roof with arched braces; headless angels holding symbolic objects (crown & book)

  • St Mary: Sir Roger Drury, d.1410, & wife Margery (Naunton), 1405; knight in full armour & lady in kirtle & mantle

  • St Mary: inscription from the Drury brass, 1405

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 14 July 1955

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1031163

English Heritage Legacy ID: 284452

ID on this website: 101031163

Location: St Mary's Church, Newthorpe, West Suffolk, IP30

County: Suffolk

District: West Suffolk

Civil Parish: Rushbrooke with Rougham

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Rougham St Mary

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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