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St Peter and St Thomas, Stambourne

Click on the 'play' symbol in the second image to see all my photographs of this church as a slide show, then click on any image in the slideshow to see it large in a new page. Alternatively, if you don't have flash enabled, you can go straight to the set for this church on flickr. A huge square Norman tower, a most attractive sight, very reminiscent of Little Bardfield. The outer doors were locked open. I stepped into a church of no small interest, with a range of medieval glass of donors, etc, which is remarkable for being so late, the 1530s - think Sheldon, Denston, Long Melford. There is also a contemporary screen with painted Saints, better than Great Yeldham, I thought. Best of all, in my opinion, a window of 2008 by Derek Hunt in the north aisle which shows there is life in the art of stained glass after the Millennium Windows dumbing down debacle. This was the best church of the day - not Essex top 10 material, but top 25 I should think. I was only a mile or so from Birdbrook, but I knew that, as it had gone 1 o'clock, I needed to turn east again. Birdbrook and Sturmer would have to wait for another day. Instead, I turned into a freshening wind towards Ridgewell. Simon Knott, January 2013

 

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