War Memorials and Porch

In 1887 a 15th century carving, said to have come from a church in Essex, was presented to the church as a memorial to Sarah Adrian by her son, Harry Adrian. It represents the ‘Descent from the Cross' or the ‘Entombment', with 7 figures besides the body of Christ. This was included as in the reredos at the High Altar. The Victorian reredos was then replaced in 1919 by a new oak reredos, in which the ancient panel was incorporated, as a war memorial. The oak reredos is now on the back wall of the nave, and the carving is in the museum. In 1917 a war shrine dedicated to the memory of parishioners, members of the congregation and their relatives, was placed on the South wall of the nave.

In medieval times, the vestry door at the west end, with its stoup for Holy Water, was almost certainly the main entrance to the church. A south porch was reputedly added to the church around 1630, but drawings from the end of the 18th century show a doorway on the south side of the church without a porch. Subsequently, a porch was built around 1850, and was rebuilt in 1955.

 

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