Churches of Suffolk Doig Sarah E.
Churches of Suffolk Doig Sarah E. Suffolk boasts by far the greatest number of Domesday churches of any county surveyed by William the Conqueror in 1086. Some of Suffolk's churches are more recent…
Specifikacia Churches of Suffolk Doig Sarah E.
Churches of Suffolk Doig Sarah E.
Suffolk boasts by far the greatest number of Domesday churches of any county surveyed by William the Conqueror in 1086. Some of Suffolk's churches are more recent additions. Over the centuries, many of these buildings have been renewed, enlarged and altered, whilst others have sadly disappeared either completely or partially from the landscape.
They range from flint round towers to whole buildings built using prefabricated cement blocks, from meticulously carved pew ends to flamboyant ceilings bursting with colour, and from angelic musicians to demonic wall paintings. The present-day churches of Suffolk, therefore, offer a diversity of styles of architecture and of construction, both inside and out. For this book, the author presents a selection of not only the best of Suffolk churches but also the curious and intriguing, all of which tell the rich history of Suffolk and its people at