Exning St Agnes? church
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Exning St Agnes? church
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 17 Aug 2007
A Victorian church built in 1886 and commissioned by the Duchess of Montrose in memory of her husband, William Stuart Stirling Crawford. It was built by R.H. Carpenter from red brick and stone and the theme is carried into the interior. The tower cum turret is unusual and is pleasantly light in appearance. Just above the louvres in the stone belfry stage are graceful arches, carved in fine detail. The slender spire-let is delicately crocketted. I like it because it is not trying to look like something it is not. The interior is lavish with mosaic and a majolica-tiled dado. The reredos is a beautifully carved depiction by Boehm of St Agnes and her lamb being borne up to heaven by angels from the Colosseum, where she was martyred. Above is a blind arcade containing six saints within the arches. The whole of the east wall is tiled in mosaic and is unique in Suffolk.
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