St Andrew's Church, Walberswick
| St Andrew's Church, Walberswick | |
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 St Andrew's Church, Walberswick | |
| 52°18′51.92″N 1°39′7.03″E / 52.3144222°N 1.6519528°ECoordinates: 52°18′51.92″N 1°39′7.03″E / 52.3144222°N 1.6519528°E | |
| Location | Walberswick |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Andrew |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Walberswick |
| Deanery | Halesworth |
| Archdeaconry | Suffolk |
| Diocese | Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
St Andrew's Church, Walberswick is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England[1] in Walberswick.
History
The church originally comprised a nave and chancel with eighteen bay clerestory, six bay north and south aisles, west tower and south porch.
When the prosperity of the village suffered, there were insufficient funds to maintain the church, and in the 1690s, the parish obtained permission to demolish the old church and build a much smaller one. This was funded by the sale of lead from the roofs and the bells from the tower.
The newer church now sits within the ruins of the old.
Parish status
The Parish of Walberswick is part of the Sole Bay Team Ministry, along with the Parishes of:
- Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh
- St Margaret of Antioch's Church, Reydon
- St Andrew's Church, Sotherton
- St Lawrence Church, South Cove
- St Edmund's Church, Southwold
- St Mary's Church, Uggeshall
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wangford
Organ
The church has a two manual pipe organ. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[2]
References
- ↑ The Buildings of England: Suffolk: Nikolaus Pevsner.
- ↑ http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D03300
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