St Andrew & St Patrick, Elveden
St Andrew & St Patrick, Elveden
The Church of St Andrew and St Patrick on London Road is the Grade II* estate church of Elveden, Suffolk, a medieval parish church enlarged in 1904–06 by W. D. Caröe for Edward Guinness, first Earl of Iveagh.
- Location
- Elveden, Suffolk
- Country
- England
- County
- Suffolk
- City / town
- Elveden
- Address
- London Road, Elveden, Suffolk, IP24 3TW
- Postcode
- IP24 3TW
- Built
- Medieval (nave C12 core; tower c.1421); restored 1869; new nave and chancel 1904–06; cloister and bell-tower 1922
- Consecrated
- 8 October 1906
- Architect
- W. D. Caröe (1904–06 and 1922)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Andrew and Patrick
- Diocese
- St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Parish
- Elveden
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Perpendicular; Caröe revival
- Materials
- Flint rubble with limestone dressings, Cotswold-slated roofs
- Grid reference
- TL 822 799
- Opening hours
- You are welcome to visit us between Easter and September on our open days, usually on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. If you are travelling some distance to visit the church, please do feel free to contact us to ensure the church will be open. The church is accessible on public transport (bus route 86 between Brandon and Bury St Edmunds) with a half a mile walk. The church does not have its own parking, but is easily accessible from the Elveden Estate shops, restaurant and inn, where you can
- Access
- Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic England records a medieval church of flint rubble with limestone dressings: the former nave and chancel (now south aisle and St Andrew’s chapel), west tower of about 1421, and south porch, with a twelfth-century core. Maharajah Duleep Singh, who owned Elveden Hall from 1863 to 1893, restored the medieval church in 1869. In 1904–06 Caröe added a new nave, chancel, organ chamber, vestry and west porch dedicated to St Patrick, conjoined to St Andrew’s. The double dedication dates from that enlargement. The Bishop of Ely consecrated the parish church of St Andrew and St Patrick on 8 October 1906, when Elveden still lay in the Diocese of Ely; it is now in St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
Caröe’s work develops the Perpendicular style, with a richly carved double-hammer-beam nave roof crowded with angels and an alabaster reredos based on that of St Albans Abbey. In 1922 a free-standing flint bell-tower, linked by a cloister, was built as a memorial to the first Earl (d. 1916). Listed Grade II* on 7 May 1954 (NHLE 1192876).