IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Huntingfield, HALESWORTH, IP19 0PP

The Old School at Huntingfield, Suffolk.

The school was established in the mid-19th century by the Reverend Keyworth, whose wife Mildred was responsible for the painted ceiling of the church opposite.

The window facing the road is large and square, and carries very decorative glazing bars. Hidden on the other side of the building there are unusual dormer windows over a single storey. This is Old School House, the former school in Huntingfield.

This house opposite the church has the only ground floor dormer window I have ever seen.

St Mary's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931866 is situated a short distance to the north of the small village of Huntingfield. It was built from local flint and stones imported from Northamptonshire. The nave north wall dates from the 12th century and the chancel walls date from a century later. The porch was the last addition to the church and is from the 15th century. The church was extensively restored in Victorian times and most furnishings were installed by the rector William Holland who arrived in the mid 1800s. It was his wife Mildred who painted the chancel and nave roofs > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931900 from end to end in brilliant colours, with carved and coloured angels, banners, crowns and shields. When the chancel roof was painted the church was closed for eight months until the work was done. The rector and his wife are buried in the churchyard, their grave being marked by an elaborately carved cross > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931915. The 15th century East Anglian-style font > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931906 has a bowl carved with shields and roses and four seated lions around its stem. The elaborately carved font cover > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931911 is a Victorian addition. The east window of the south aisle contains fragments of medieval and rare border glass > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931887 depicting rabbits, scallop shells and a dog.

St Mary's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931866 is situated a short distance to the north of the small village of Huntingfield. It was built from local flint and stones imported from Northamptonshire. The nave north wall dates from the 12th century and the chancel walls date from a century later. The porch was the last addition to the church and is from the 15th century. The church was extensively restored in Victorian times and most furnishings were installed by the rector William Holland who arrived in the mid 1800s. It was his wife Mildred who painted the chancel and nave roofs > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931900 from end to end in brilliant colours, with carved and coloured angels, banners, crowns and shields. When the chancel roof was painted the church was closed for eight months until the work was done. The rector and his wife are buried in the churchyard, their grave being marked by an elaborately carved cross > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931915. The 15th century East Anglian-style font > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931906 has a bowl carved with shields and roses and four seated lions around its stem. The elaborately carved font cover is a Victorian addition. The east window of the south aisle contains fragments of medieval and rare border glass > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1931887 depicting rabbits, scallop shells and a dog.