Most of the church was rebuilt in the 14th century, replacing an earlier Norman church.[2] The south porch was added in the 15th century, and restored in 1975.[1] By the 1960s the church had fallen into disrepair, and it was divided at the chancel arch, the chancel continuing in use for worship.[3]
Architecture
Exterior
All Saints is constructed in flint with stone dressings, and some brick.[1] The porch is timber-framed. Its plan consists of a nave with a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower.[3] The tower has diagonal buttresses, and its battlementedparapet is constructed in brick.[1] The north doorway in the nave is Norman, dating from the 12th century, probably from the 1130s or 1140s. It is round-arched, has two orders, scalloped capitals, and arches decorated with chevrons. The doorway has been partly blocked, forming a window in the upper part. The south doorway dates from the 13th century. The east window in the chancel has a 14th-century five-light window.[3]
Interior
Inside the church, the chancel arch is blocked with glass in the upper part, and glazed doors in the lower part. On the south side of the nave is a tomb dating from about 1300 containing the effigy of a female.[3] On the north wall is a series of 14th-century wall paintings depicting scenes relating to the Incarnation.[2][3] In front of the paintings is a pre-Reformationpulpit in the shape of an hourglass.[4] In the chancel are a piscina and a sedilia, both dating from the 14th century, and the elaborate tomb of Margaret Boteler who died in 1410.[3] In the chancel windows are fragments of medieval stained glass.[4] The font is octagonal, and dates from the 15th century.[1]
^ abcdefBaxter, Ron (2008), All Saints, Newton, Suffolk, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 29 June 2011, retrieved 22 February 2011
^ abKnott, Simon (2009), All Saints, Newton, Suffolk Churches, retrieved 22 February 2011