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St Peter, Ubbeston
Definitely no tradesmen. Out of shot, to the left of this gate, lies the path to the new graveyard. |
St Peter, Ubbeston, is
one of the churches sold off for private use in the
1970s, as part of the Anglican Diocese's ill-conceived
plan to rationalise its resources.The church is now a
private house, and looks rather well from the outside,
particularly the skylights in the chancel
roof. Interior furnishings were dispersed, many to nearby Heveningham, in which parish this now is. Presumably remaining is the wooden pulley for the rowell light and veil in front of the rood which Cautley recorded here in 1938. In general, he thought St Peter rather a fine church. The graveyard to the south-east has a path which skirts the boundary of the churchyard. When I first visited, this path was paved with graves from the churchyard, some of them only dating back to the 1920s. But the people who now live in the church have gone to great trouble and expense to raise them all back into standing positions, and are to be congratulated for this. I said on the previous
entry for this church that it was a shame it had been
lost, but really the church was in such poor condition at
the time of redundancy, it is more a case of
privatisation saving it. The congregation was
down to a handful, and the original purchasers were
unable to carry out the necessary repairs. Luckily, it
was then sold to people who could.
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 Now a private house. The tower is one of Suffolk's loveliest red brick towers. Cautley thought this a fine building, and it is a shame it was lost to public use rather than the rather dull Heveningham, nearby. St Peter, Ubbeston, is on the B1117 Halesworth to Laxfield road, not far from Heveningham Hall. See MAP |
