St Andrews, Great Finborough

Richard Phipson's spire at St Andrews, sometimes nicknamed "Thunderbird One"

St Andrew's Church is situated in the village of Great Finborough, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

The church that stands today has been there since the Victorian period by Richard Phipson but there has been a place of worship on the site for over 1000 years. In 1086 the church as well as Finborough Hall were recorded in the Domesday Book.[2] In 1558, the first records of births deaths and marriages were recorded at the church. In 1883 a small wall was built around the graveyard of the church costing £5. The roof was later damaged by lightning, and at another date the roof was damaged by gales at a cost of £10,000. The only original part of the church that still stands is the Tudor porch.

The spire nearly reaches 300 ft.[3]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Andrew". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ http://great-finborough.comlu.com/church.php
  3. ^ "Suffolk Churches".