Image: St Mary's church in Redgrave - view east - geograph.org.uk - 2049234

Description: St Mary's church in Redgrave - view east, near to Redgrave, Suffolk, Great Britain. The church is used for theatre performances and a stage is in the process of being built. St Mary's church > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049180" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049180">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> is situated about a mile outside the village. It was built mainly during the 14th century and the font > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049313" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049313">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> dates from that time. It contains a number of memorials and monuments to members of the Bacon family. The tomb > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049273" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049273">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> at the east end of the north aisle was built by Sir Nicolas Bacon, son of The Lord Keeper, for his wife Anne in 1616. The tomb was made by Bernard Janssen, the king's engineer. The effigies of Sir Nicholas and Lady Anne > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049278" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049278">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> in white marble are by Nicholas Stone who later became royal stonemason. The chancel houses a magnificent 18th century monument > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049288" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049288">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> commemorating Lord Chief Justice of England, Sir John Holt, made by Thomas Green of Camberwe. The stained glass in the east window > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049269" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2049269">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> was installed in 1853. It is by Farrer of Diss. St Mary's church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust in conjunction with the parish.
Title: St Mary's church in Redgrave - view east - geograph.org.uk - 2049234
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