Dunwich St James church, Suffolk
The last of Dunwich's nine churches
(Photos/words © urban75, May 2007)
With its last remaining medieval church fast crumbling into the sea, Dunwich found itself without a parish church for 60 years until St James's church was built in 1830.
Originally designed in the classical style with a low tower and domed top, the Victorians couldn't resist fiddling about, adding a square tower and cladding the arched windows with flint fifteen years later.
![Dunwich St James church near Southwold, Suffolk, England UK](images/dunwich-st-james-01.jpg) Elegantly carved wooden gate.
![Dunwich St James church near Southwold, Suffolk, England UK](images/dunwich-st-james-02.jpg)
![Dunwich St James church near Southwold, Suffolk, England UK](images/dunwich-st-james-03.jpg)
![top](../../images/topbx.gif)
![Dunwich St James church near Southwold, Suffolk, England UK](images/dunwich-st-james-04.jpg)
![Dunwich St James church near Southwold, Suffolk, England UK](images/dunwich-st-james-05.jpg) Next to the church are the remains of the 800 year old Leper Hospital of St James.
![Dunwich St James church near Southwold, Suffolk, England UK](images/dunwich-st-james-06.jpg) Unusual cast iron memorial in the churchyard, dedicated to Francis Robinson, Cliff House, Dunwich, who died in 1843 at the grand old age of 91 years old.
![Dunwich St James church near Southwold, Suffolk, England UK](images/dunwich-st-james-07.jpg) Detail of carvings on wooden gate.
![top](../../images/topbx.gif)
« Suffolk photos home St Edmunds Church, Southwold »
|
|