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St Andrew's Church, Walberswick

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Location
  
Walberswick

Denomination
  
Church of England

Deanery
  
Halesworth

Parish
  
Walberswick

Country
  
England

Dedication
  
St Andrew

Archdeaconry
  
Suffolk

Heritage designation
  
Listed building

St Andrew's Church, Walberswick

Address
  
Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB, Southwold IP18 6UY, UK

Diocese
  
Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Similar
  
Holy Trinity Church - Blythburgh, St Edmund's Church - S, Hurst Spit, Coronation Chair, Kinniside Stone Circle

St Andrew's Church, Walberswick is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Walberswick.

Contents

History

The church originally comprised a nave and chancel with eighteen bay clerestory, six bay north and south aisles, west tower and south porch.

When the prosperity of the village suffered, there were insufficient funds to maintain the church, and in the 1690s, the parish obtained permission to demolish the old church and build a much smaller one. This was funded by the sale of lead from the roofs and the bells from the tower.

The newer church now sits within the ruins of the old.

Parish status

The Parish of Walberswick is part of the Sole Bay Team Ministry, along with the Parishes of:

  • Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh
  • St Margaret of Antioch's Church, Reydon
  • St Andrew's Church, Sotherton
  • St Lawrence Church, South Cove
  • St Edmund's Church, Southwold
  • St Mary's Church, Uggeshall
  • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wangford
  • Organ

    The church has a two manual pipe organ. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

    References

    St Andrew's Church, Walberswick Wikipedia