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Church of St Mary

A Grade II* Listed Building in Brome and Oakley, Suffolk

  • St Mary: church built 1859-1865; Norman base of round tower

  • St Mary: view from the south with renewed three-light Perpendicular windows

  • St Mary: Victorian nave; arcade in thick Norman style; stone pulpit & reredos by Thomas Jeckyll

  • St Mary: John Cornwallis, d.1544; tomb with shields separated by columns; buff colour finished with gilt

  • St Mary: Mary (Sulyard of Eye), wife of John Cornwallis; pediment headdress

  • St Mary: John Cornwallis, d.1544; steward of the household of Prince Edward

  • St Mary: back wall at feet of John Cornwallis, d.1544

  • St Mary: Thomas Cornwallis, d.1604

  • St Mary: Thomas Cornwallis, d.1604; back wall with strapwork behind large stag

  • St Mary: inscription & shields from the tomb of Thomas Cornwallis, d.1604; reference to part played in Queen Mary's Privy Council

  • St Mary: Thomas Cornwallis, d.1604; blamed for the loss of Calais in 1558; Catholic recusant during Elizabeth's reign

  • St Mary: Anne (Jerningham of Somerleyton), d.1581, wife of Thomas Cornwallis; Paris cap

  • St Mary: Henry Cornwallis, d.1598

  • St Mary: Elizabeth Fox, d.1680, wife of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Lord of Eye

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 29 July 1955

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1352379

English Heritage Legacy ID: 280958

ID on this website: 101352379

Location: St Mary's Church, Brome, Mid Suffolk, IP23

County: Suffolk

District: Mid Suffolk

Civil Parish: Brome and Oakley

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Brome St Mary

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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