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Church of St Mary

A Grade II* Listed Building in Burgate, Suffolk

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  • St Mary: Decorated c14 tower with quatrefoil belfry windows

  • St Mary: generally mid to late c14; c15 porch, renewed Perpendicular windows

  • St Mary: heavy handed restoration of nave in 1860s demolishing chancel arch; windows replaced 1872

  • St Mary: c.1400 font donated by William Burgate; evangelistic symbols hacked off, lions at stem

  • St Mary: table tomb of William Burgate, d.1409, & wife Alianora Vyzdelou of Shotley Hall, d.1411; niches all round with crocketed ogee arches & blank shields

  • St Mary: William Burgate & wife Alianora, 1409; double canopy

  • St Mary: William Burgate, 1409; plain band covering aventail

  • St Mary: Alianora, wife of William Burgate, d.1411; crespine headdress, ornamented fillet

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 29 July 1955

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1032797

English Heritage Legacy ID: 280289

ID on this website: 101032797

Location: St Mary's Church, Great Green, Mid Suffolk, IP22

County: Suffolk

District: Mid Suffolk

Civil Parish: Burgate

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Burgate St Mary of Pity

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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