St Mary the Virgin Church is located in the village of

Blundeston Blundeston is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is north-west of Lowestoft, south of Great Yarmouth and around inland from the North Sea coast. It is part of the area known as Lothingland in the Ea ...

near

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. It is an active

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in the deanery of

Lothingland Lothingland is an area in the English counties of Suffolk and Norfolk on the North Sea coast. It is bound by the River Yare and Breydon Water to the north, the River Waveney to the west and Oulton Broad to the south, and includes the parts of Lowe ...

, part of the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and the

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. St Mary the Virgin's Church was listed at Grade I on 27 November 1954.

History

The original building dates from the

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era. The church tower has sections dating from the 11th century including the remnants of the former belfry. Other sections on the tower date from between the 15th to 16 century including the top third of the tower which was cast in redbrick. The church

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originally built in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 14th contains windows made between the 13th and 15th century The chancel of the church contains brass inscriptions from the 17th century and located over the south door the arms of Charles II dated 1673.

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* {{commons category, St Mary, Blundeston Church of England church buildings in Suffolk 1955 establishments in England Grade I listed churches in Suffolk

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