I am not religious in any way shape or form but I love country churches and their history fascinates me.
This lovely hill-top church is set slightly away from its village, among beeches and oaks on the pretty road to Newbourn. Its Tudor red brick tower is one of Suffolk's finest.
You can walk here from the Maybush pub, because there is a newly dedicated footpath that cuts across the church field, bringing you out in the highest point of the parish. But the church is tree-surrounded, and you might not even notice the tower until you reach the graveyard.
There was a mighty restoration here, and although the body of the church was not rebuilt This is to all intents and purposes a Victorian church in a medieval shell. But it is open every day, a lovely low church shrine among woods and fields. Very English.
