St Andrews, Great Finborough

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Richard Phipson's spire at St Andrews, Great Finborough, sometimes nicknamed "Thunderbird One"

St Andrew's Church is situated in the village of Great Finborough, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]

The church that stands today has been there since the Victorian period by Richard Phipson but there has been a place of worship on the site for over 1000 years. In the year 1086 the church as well as Finborough Hall were recorded in the Domesday Book. [2] In 1558, the first records of births deaths and marriages were recorded at the church. In 1883 a small wall was built around the graveyard of the church costing £5. Eventually the roof was damaged by lightning, and at another date the roof was damaged by gales at a cost of £10,000. The only original part of the church that still stands is the Tudor porch.

There is a lovely view from the west door of the church and the spire nearly reaches 300 ft. Above the entrance there is a small niche with a notable statue of St Andrew, whose identity is clear because of the cross that he carries with him. Inside the church there is a large nave; the side chapel is filled with monuments dedicated to the Wollaston family who played a big part in the Finborough Estate. They owned the Estate for a century and there are monuments dedicated to nearly all the family members. The Pettiward family also played a big role, they took control of the estate after the Wollastons and owned it until the mid 1930s. There are still weekly church services at St Andrew's. [3]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Church of St Andrew". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. http://great-finborough.comlu.com/church.php
  3. "Suffolk Churches".

Coordinates: 52°10′59″N0°56′38″E / 52.18294°N 0.94388°E / 52.18294; 0.94388