Monument record MTT 045 - OUTLINE RECORD: Mettingham Church South Porch

An opportunity to study the south porch was afforded by repairs to reconnect the gable wall which had become detached and was falling away. The main body of the porch was added during the 15th century to the 14th century south aisle but the gable wall, including the external door, were completely rebuilt as part of an extensive refurbishment of the church in 1898. The porch has unusual long, narrow proportions and the internal door into the church that it encloses is small suggesting that the porch may once have had another function. This question could not be resolved but indications were that the church has been much-altered prompting speculation that the priority of the church entrances may have changed from the south to the current north door.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2013