Monument record COY 012 - Church of St Michael

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Summary

Half church + 1 acre recorded at Cookley in Domesday Survey of 1086.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 635e 2754 (61m by 52m) Centred on
Map sheet TM62NW
Civil Parish COOKLEY, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Half church + 1 acre recorded at Cookley in Domesday Survey of 1086. Church of St Michael. Consists of Norman N wall on nave, N doorway, tower (with C13 arch). Chancel rebuilt in C13. Nave built in C14. 1597, chancel decayed, repaired same year. 1894 restoration.
For details see (S1-S3).
1999: graffiti, including lots of shoes, recorded on lead of church roof prior to reconstruction by Stuart Boulter. The tower dating to the late 13th century, exhibited a number of structural features; the use of galleting and decorative use of brick, which suggest that the wall's facing stoned were originally visible and not covered by any form of surface treatment. Graffiti on the roof included a number of dated examples, the earliest 1632, which suggest that the majority of the roof was laid early in the 17th century with only a limited amount of replacement and repair since that time.
Details in 'Church of St. Michael, Cookley (COY 012): Archaeol Recording of the Tower Wall Fabric & Tower Roof Graffiti' (S4).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 175.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Cautley H M. 1975. Suffolk Churches. 255.
  • <S3> (No record type): Goult W, A Survey of Suffolk Parish History: E Suffolk, A-H, 1990.
  • <S4> Unpublished document: Boulter, S.. 1999. Archaeological recording of the Tower Wall Fabric and Tower Roof Graffiti at Church of St Michael, Cookley.

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Record last edited

Dec 7 2023 2:44PM

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