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Two tablets inside the porch record the names of those who fell in the two World Wars

Built as a school in 1869, it is now a private house. The picture was taken from the churchyard next door on Wyverstone open gardens day 2008.

Dedicated to St George. http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/wyverstone.html

There is a most unusual window in the east wall of the tower. The south porch is a timber construction with a king-post roof, built in the early 15th century. Of the same date is the font with tracery patterns around the bowl. The simple ribbed cover is of the Stuart period. Above, the nave roof is a hammerbeam with arch-braced principals. On one of the principals is a pulley block, once used for raising a rowel to illuminate the rood. I have never seen a pulpit in a worse state. If any sort of professional restoration is required, it is surely here. The beautiful lower parts of the screen, most uncommonly carved in relief, are in a similar condition. Best left like this I suppose, rather than ruined by a coat of varnish. The only thing that looks good in this condition is the mediaeval iron-bound parish chest.

The old school house is now a private residence and stands immediately to the right of the church of St George.

For a view of the church see > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074007. The stone marks the grave of Robert Nicholas Sanderson, a member of the Order of the Temple (Knights Templar), who died in 1896 and was rector here from 1882 - 1896.

St George's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074007 has a wooden porch > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074010 that dates from the 15th century. Inside there are a C15 font and a C16 linen fold panelled pulpit > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074027 the door of which has been incorporated into the remaining lower part of the chancel screen > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074025 at some time in the past. The benches date from the 17th century, some have carved ends and one is inscribed with initials > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074040. Medieval glass > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074049 can be seen in the tracery lights of two nave windows. The most notable feature of the church is the 16th century chancel screen > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074016. Only the panels remain, however, they are not painted but have subjects carved into them > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074020 in relief, a very rare if not unique feature. An interesting gravestone > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2074064 can be found in the churchyard. It is situated to the north-west of the church and marks the grave of Robert Nicholas Sanderson, a member of the Order of the Temple (Knights Templar), who died in 1896 and was rector here from 1882 - 1896.