---
title: "St Edmund King & Martyr, Southwold"
description: "Located in Southwold, Suffolk. Built c.1430–70. Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Grade I. Perpendicular style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Suffolk","Southwold","Grade I","Perpendicular","Flint","Diocese of St Edmundsbury"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-edmund-king-martyr-southwold"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:43:34.913Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:29:49.608Z"
location: "Southwold, Suffolk"
country: "England"
county: "Suffolk"
town: "Southwold"
address: "Bartholomew Green, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6JA"
postcode: "IP18 6JA"
built: "c.1430–70"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Edmund"]
diocese: "St Edmundsbury and Ipswich"
grade: "I"
style: "Perpendicular"
materials: "Flint with ashlar dressings; copper roofs"
website: "http://www.solebayteamministry.co.uk/"
openingHours: "Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church."
parish: "Southwold"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1384321"
gridReference: "TM 508 764"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Edmund King & Martyr, Southwold

St Edmund is a Grade I Perpendicular parish church on Church Green in Southwold, Suffolk, in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Historic England dates the present building to about 1430–70.

## Overview

The listing describes a flint church with ashlar dressings and copper roofs: a four-stage west tower, continuous nave and chancel with clerestory to both and a lantern fleche to the nave, east-end aisle chapels, and a two-storey south porch. The tower has flushwork diagonal buttresses, quatrefoil flushwork parapet, an arched west door with flushwork panels and a frieze of shields, and a three-light Perpendicular west window whose arch bears flushwork lettering SCT EDMUND ORA P NOBIS. The south porch has a polygonal stair turret, chequer flushwork, and a vault.

Roofs were restored in 1857 by E. L. Blackburne and in 1866–67 by R. M. Phipson; the chancel was restored in 1885, with parclose screens by A. E. Street. The church replaced a smaller thirteenth-century building destroyed by fire and was rebuilt as Southwold grew from a fishing hamlet. It is noted for extensive flint flushwork, medieval screens, and the mechanical figure known as Southwold Jack. A 1971 engraved window by John Hutton in the north chancel depicts the martyrdom of St Edmund.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1384321](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1384321)
- [British Listed Buildings: Church of St Edmund](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101384321-church-of-st-edmund-southwold)