Description

HAVERHILL

TL6745 HIGH STREET
816-1/5/19 (South West side)
26/06/52 Church of St Mary

II*

Church. West tower C14 with Perpendicular upper stages,
remainder with some C13 evidence, rebuilt C15, restored after
fire of 1667. Major restoration 1867 by Elmslie & Franey:
rebuilt nave arcades, refurbished roofs, reseated and opened
up C15 south chapel arcades. Further restoration 1908-9 by HB
Thake extending north aisle to east end and adding two
vestries. Flint with conglomerate and ashlar dressings. Plain
tile roofs.
EXTERIOR: 3-stage tower with C19 mouchette west window:
diagonal buttresses to west, side buttresses to east. Ringing
chamber with slit windows; 2-light transomed belfry openings;
crenellated parapet. Polygonal stair turret to south-east
entered through external door above which is inscription:
'Turret rebuilt MDCCCLI'. North doorway of 1867: square hood
with quatrefoils and dragons in spandrels. Four 3-light
Perpendicular north aisle windows and plain aisle parapet.
Rood stair turret developed into polygonal turret in C19. Four
4-light south aisle windows and one 4-light west aisle window.
Crenellated parapet.
C15 south porch, restored, with stepped diagonal buttresses
with pinnacles: 4-centred outer arch and 4-centred inner
doorway with minimal shields in spandrels: 2-light windows to
east and west.
South chapel lit through two 3-light Perpendicular windows.
Priests' door blocked with brick in C20. North and south
clerestories with five 2-light Perpendicular windows. 5-light
Perpendicular chancel east window of C19 origins. North
vestries with Tudor details.
INTERIOR: 5-bay nave arcades of quatrefoil piers on tall
polygonal bases: polygonal capitals support double-chamfered
arches. Two west bays of nave screened-off in late C20. Early
C14 tower arch consisting of quatrefoil responds and
double-chamfered arch. Polygonal responds to chancel arch
under hollow and chamfered arch: north pier pierced by cusped
and subcusped doorway. 2-bay chancel arcade, that to north of
1908: quatrefoil piers and wave-moulded arches. Nave and aisle
roofs are panelled, chancel roofed by boarded 4-centred vault.
East end of north aisle: font with early C16 octagonal bowl
decorated with cusped foliate circles alternating with
Perpendicular tracery patterns on C19 stem.

North chancel wall: monument to John Ward, died 1602: bulbous
strapwork obelisk frames 2 inscription tablets above a pendant
apron. Both tablets with copious inscriptions.
(Brown C: Dictionary of Architects of Suffolk Buildings
1800-1914: Ipswich: 1991-: 102; Pevsner N: BOE: Suffolk, 2nd
Edition: Harmondsworth: 1974-: 252).

Listing NGR: TL6715345520

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545760

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)