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Church of St Edmund

A Grade I Listed Building in Assington, Suffolk

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  • St Edmund: original work is late c14 to early c15 Perpendicular; rebuilt c.1830 chancel retains original priest's door (blocked); tower rebuilt 1863, c15 porch with blocked side windows

  • St Edmund: nave with four bay Perpendicular arcade, capitals only within arches, no clerestory

  • St Edmund: Robert & John Gurdon (1577 & 1623 resp.) & wives; shields & skull above

  • St Edmund: Brampton Gurdon, 1648, wearing spade beard; wives Elizabeth with ruff, Meriell in Puritan attire

  • St Edmund: Sir Robert Taylboys, 1506; early Tudor armour

  • St Edmund: Letitia, wife of Sir Robert Taylboys, 1506; pediment headdress with lappets

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Entry Name: Church of St Edmund

Listing Date: 23 March 1961

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1036733

English Heritage Legacy ID: 277828

ID on this website: 101036733

Location: St Edmund's Church, Assington, Babergh, Suffolk, CO10

County: Suffolk

District: Babergh

Civil Parish: Assington

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Assington

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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