St Mary (Dennington)
St Mary in Dennington is the Anglican parish church of Dennington in the county of Suffolk in England .
history
The medieval church served as the burial place for the Phelip family (later Barons Bardolf (Bardolph), including William Phelip, 6th Baron Bardolf, who died in 1441, who fought for King Henry V in the Battle of Azincourt ), who inhabited Denningham Court.
Construction and plant
The three-aisled church has a choir and a square, crenellated west tower as well as a choir in the decorated style .
The equipment is remarkable. The 76 cheeks of the church pews are decorated with "poppyheads" in the form of foliage, birds and figures with mythological-symbolic meaning, including a skiapod (shadow leg ).
The northern and southern chapels are separated by late Gothic tracery bars. In the southern chapel is the alabaster tomb of Lord Bardolf in full armor and his wife with an embroidered Gothic hood. The resting cushions are held by angels. A heraldic dragon guards the foot end.
literature
- Simon Jenkins: England's Thousand Best Churches . Harmondsworth: Allan Lane - The Penguin Press, 1999, pp. 646-647, ISBN 0-7139-9281-6 .
- Peter Sager : East England, DuMont Art Travel Guide . DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1990, pp. 243–244, ISBN 3-7701-1713-1 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 12.6 ″ N , 1 ° 20 ′ 28.6 ″ E