Piscina, St Mary - Woolpit, Suffolk
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N 52° 13.497 E 000° 53.391
31U E 355872 N 5788156
The parish church is dedicated to St. Mary and is said to be be one of the great churches of England.
Waymark Code: WMK6Z2
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/22/2014
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A 14th century piscina in the chancel of St Mary's church, Woolpit.
"This is one of the most elaborate parish churches of Suffolk. Carving truly dominates the interior. The chancel shows a 15th-century extant rood screen (but without the cross) having the canopy of honor for the rood still extant over the chancel arch. The 15th century nave has a double hammerbeam roof with pierced wood designs and multiple representations of angels. A hammer beam construction consists of the horizontal projection of the roof beam from the wall, braced by a curving strut that rest on wall posts. A vertical post from the end of the beam projects upward, meeting the rafters; another curves over the open space and comes down on the hammer beam on the opposite side. A double hammer beam system adds a second row of horizontal beams with their upper and lower braces. The pews are well preserved, and some match the roof in complexity. Animals decorate the lower sections of the pew ends. "
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