St Mary's Church, Thornham Parva

St Mary's

St Mary's Church is a medieval church in Thornham Parva, Suffolk, England. Much of the fabric dates from the 12th century,and it is a Grade I listed building.[1]

A church on the site was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and there are still traces of Anglo-Saxon stonework in the present building. Originally the church served not only Thornham Parva but the neighbouring village of Thornham Magna as well.

Inside the thatched building are early-14th-century wall paintings—on the south wall the early years of Christ and on the north wall the martyrdom of St Edmund.[2] The church also houses a famous altarpiece, the Thornham Parva Retable, which is thought to have been created in the 1330s for a Dominican priory.[3][4]

Architect Basil Spence died in 1976 at his home at Yaxley, Suffolk, and was buried at Thornham Parva.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Thornham Parva (1285113)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2017-11-04
  2. ↑ "Suffolk Churches". suffolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  3. ↑ "Altarpiece restored". Yorkshire Post.
  4. ↑ "The Hamilton Kerr Institute in Cambridge has restored a 15-ft long medieval altarpiece", History Today, 2003.
  5. ↑ "SPENCE, Sir Basil (1907-1976)". English Heritage. Retrieved 2017-11-03.

Coordinates: 52°18′41″N 1°05′33″E / 52.3114°N 1.0926°E / 52.3114; 1.0926

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