This is one I visited a couple of weeks ago. St Mary is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
St Mary is a tiny building, the chancel slightly larger than the nave which was truncated by the collapse of the tower in the early 18th century. The roofs are beautifully thatched, the graveyard is pleasingly overgrown, and If it wasn't for the bellcote and the fine collection of 14th century windows, you might mistake this for two ramshackle cottages in a wild garden. the doorway is not from St Mary at all. Barton Bendish had a third church, All Saints, and before it was completely demolished in the 1780s, the south doorway was brought here to help repair the nave of St Mary after the collapse of the tower.
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St Mary is a tiny building, the chancel slightly larger than the nave which was truncated by the collapse of the tower in the early 18th century. The roofs are beautifully thatched, the graveyard is pleasingly overgrown, and If it wasn't for the bellcote and the fine collection of 14th century windows, you might mistake this for two ramshackle cottages in a wild garden. the doorway is not from St Mary at all. Barton Bendish had a third church, All Saints, and before it was completely demolished in the 1780s, the south doorway was brought here to help repair the nave of St Mary after the collapse of the tower.
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