Monument record SPL 006 - Church of St George

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Summary

St George's Church, Shimpling is situated in the centre of the parish and the village.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 8597 5129 (99m by 102m) Centred on
Map sheet TL85SE
Civil Parish SHIMPLING, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

St George's Church, Shimpling is situated in the centre of the parish and the village. It is reached along an avenue of lime trees. Mostly Decorated, see the E window with an unusual pattern of flowing tracery, the segment-headed S aisle windows, the N window and the arcade inside of low octagonal piers and arches with one chamfer and one hollow chamfer. The chancel S doorway has a frieze of dog-tooth inside, a motif usually earlier than the date of the church. Font, odd, octagonal, probably late C14. Stem has eight attached shafts, bowl shallow with quatrefoils and tracery (S1).
There is a unique Med graffito in Aramiac on the inside wall of the tower. Two churches are recorded at Shimpling in the Domesday survey (S2)(S3). (Also see SPL Misc.) The second church is thought to be in the parish of Alpheton (S4). Relatively isolated, adjoining Shimpling Hall. Note sub- rectangular street plan layout around church.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 416.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Cautley H M. 1975. Suffolk Churches. 346.
  • <S3> (No record type): Darby H C, The Domesday Geography of Eastern England, 1971, 191.
  • <S4> Bibliographic reference: Dymond D and Martin E. 1999. An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (revised edition). Scarfe N, Domesday Churches.

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2012 11:03AM

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