A flint and stone church with a square crenellated tower and a large arched doorway, set in a graveyard with scattered tombs.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

St Mary, Church Lane, Dullingham

History of St Mary church

Listed Building

Parish church. C13 chancel, C14 tower with late C15 buttresses, mid C15 nave, south aisle and Lady Chapel, later C15 north aisle, porch and clerestorey. Lady Chapel, roof restored in 1713 (dated tie beam), used as a school and is now a vestry. The chancel north wall two-light traceried window, low-side window and priest’s door were blocked in C18 when the Church was used as a memorial chapel to the Jeaffreson family; the south porch was also demolished and doorway blocked. Church restored in 1728, 1884-90, roof in 1899, tower 1928, 1939 and recently in 1977.

The flint and stone porch of St Mary’s Church features a pointed arch entrance, a cross finial, and a partially open door.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

The interior of a church with rows of wooden pews leading to a chancel arch, a stone pulpit, and a stained glass window.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

An octagonal stone baptismal font featuring carved shields sits on a tiled floor before a dark purple curtain.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Black painted sign with gold lettering detailing the particulars of the Dullingham Charities in a framed wall display.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Two diamond-shaped hatchments depicting heraldic coats of arms mounted on a white brick wall above a black painted sign.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A rectangular wooden plaque with peeling paint detailing the history and specifications of the bells at St Mary, Dullingham.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Two diamond-shaped hatchments hang on a white wall above a large, black, rectangular board detailing parish charitable donations.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Marble wall monument featuring a carved woman leaning on a pillar above an inscribed memorial plaque to Henrietta Gormaston.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A three-panel stained-glass window depicts a central crucifixion scene, surrounded by kneeling angels and figures in robes.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A white marble tomb featuring a reclining, draped figure resting their head on a hand, with an inscribed base below.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A white marble memorial with a central urn and draped cloth set against a blue triangular slab above a carved stone plaque.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Looking down the nave of a church toward a chancel with a stone font, dark wooden pews, and a dark timber-beamed ceiling.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Rectangular stone floor slab with incised text memorializing Christopher and Mary Robinson within a church vault.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Framed document titled Roll of Honour for the Parish of Dullingham St Mary listing those who served in the Great War.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A framed document listing the Vicars of Dullingham from 1337 to 1961, arranged in two columns with names and dates.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A framed document lists the names and dates of the Vicars of Dullingham, with a reflection of a person visible on the glass.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A printed information sheet titled Welcome to the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Dullingham, containing a brief history.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Flint stone wall of a church with a tiled roof, a blocked-up archway, and a graveyard with headstones in the background.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A stone church with a tall tower and a gabled roof set among grass and weathered gravestones under a clear blue sky.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Four weathered, lichen-covered stone grave markers with carved decorative scrollwork and cherub motifs stand in a grassy row.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A weathered headstone in the foreground of a churchyard with St Mary’s Church and scattered gravestones in the background.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

A lichen-covered gravestone in the foreground with St Mary church, a stone building with a square tower, in the background.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Weathered stone gravestone featuring a central carved cherub head, flanked by foliage, set in a green grass churchyard.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

Weathered stone headstone from 1700 featuring a winged cherub and decorative scrollwork carved into the surface.

St Mary, Dullingham (RGL2026)

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