Church Within a Church

Covehithe church on the Suffolk coast is one of those strange medieval churches where it was built for prestige motives, rather than practical ones. Originally the size of a small cathedral yet only serving a tiny village in the 1400s it was partially demolished in 1672 and a new edifice was built from the rubble, but the original bell tower was untouched, becoming a church within a church. Bryony and I went exploring the ruins and found spiral staircases that led down in to the earth and rubble and the once stained glass windows now were arched frames for the sky.