St Andrew's Church, Walberswick

St Andrew's Church, Walberswick
St Andrew's Church
52°18′50.83″N 1°39′5.51″E / 52.3141194°N 1.6515306°E / 52.3141194; 1.6515306
Location	Walberswick
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St Andrew
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Archdeaconry	Suffolk
Deanery	Halesworth
Parish	Walberswick

St Andrew's Church is a Grade I listed building in Walberswick, Suffolk.^[1] It is an active parish church in the Church of England.^[2]

The church has a fine 15th-century tower. The building originally comprised a nave and chancel, with an eighteen-bay clerestory and six-bay north and south aisles. When the prosperity of the village suffered, there were insufficient funds to maintain the church, and in the 1690s, the parish obtained permission to demolish the old church and build a much smaller one. This was funded by the sale of lead from the roofs and the bells from the tower.

The newer church now sits within the ruins of the old.

The Parish of Walberswick is part of the Sole Bay Team Ministry, along with seven other parishes:

• Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh
• St Margaret of Antioch's Church, Reydon
• St Andrew's Church, Sotherton
• St Lawrence Church, South Cove
• St Edmund's Church, Southwold
• St Mary's Church, Uggeshall
• St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wangford

The former organ was transferred to St. Mary the Virgin, Great Bradley, around 1959 when the present instrument was installed. The organ, which has two manuals, is located in the chancel. Further details are available on the National Pipe Organ Register.^[3]

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