St Andrews, Great Finborough
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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 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. The roof was later 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.
The spire nearly reaches 300 ft.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Andrew". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "St Andrew's Church". Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Suffolk Churches". www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.