Hitcham All Saints church
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Hitcham All Saints church
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 26 Aug 2007
The tower here has eight buttresses, two at each corner, as at Monks Eleigh. There is also a stair turret on the south side leading to the belfry. Inside, the eastern buttresses overlap the west arches of the nave, indicating that the tower once stood independent of the 14th c. church. The porch has some attractive panelled flushwork and the four-light clerestory and south aisle have embattled parapets to match. The 17th c. roof of the nave is a double hammerbeam and carries the Arms of James I at one end and those of Charles I at the other. The roof in the chancel has an unusual type of barrel ceiling. There is an interesting lower portion of the old 16th c. rood screen, depicting eight angels, (instead of the usual saints) carrying Instruments of the Passion.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.122582
Longitude
0.897308