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St Nicholas's Church

A Grade I Listed Building in Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield, Suffolk

  • St Nicholas: c15 hunched tower with pyramid cap after top was removed in 1880s; square stair turret, renewed west window

  • St Nicholas: c13 Decorated chancel built by Rookwood family; windows with cusped trefoils in circles; blocked priest door & low squint

  • St Nicholas: Norman nave & simple rood screen

  • St Nicholas: c15 Doom above chancel arch; Christ seated over rainbow

  • St Nicholas: figures from Doom rising naked from tombs

  • St Nicholas: c15 font; panelled stem; bowl with shields, quatrefoils & arches

  • St Nicholas: Rookwood arms on font; argent six chess rooks sable 3-2-1

  • St Nicholas: tomb of Thomas Rookwood, d.1521; angels added 1881

  • St Nicholas: shield from the tomb of Thomas Rookwood, 1521; Rookwood impaling Clopton

  • St Nicholas: shield from the tomb of Thomas Rookwood, 1521; Rookwood impaling Swinborne

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Entry Name: St Nicholas's Church

Listing Date: 14 July 1955

Last Amended: 27 January 1984

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1229767

English Heritage Legacy ID: 404617

ID on this website: 101229767

Location: St Nicholas's Church, Stanningfield, West Suffolk, IP29

County: Suffolk

District: West Suffolk

Civil Parish: Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Stanningfield St Nicholas

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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