Having experienced the lively benefices to the south and west of here, it came as some surprise to discover parishes that didn't seem particularly proud of their churches. Neighbouring parish Forncett St Peter is locked, Tacolneston next door is barely hanging on to a precarious existence, and Fundehall had actually closed in the last few months. It was as if the Church of England was slowly turning out the lights.

The porch is a poignant sight; roofless and overgrown, it looks as if it might have been a ruin for centuries, but in living memory people came to church here; they were baptised, married and sent on their way to the grave.

Access is not really possible, although there is a loose board over one of the north nave windows. Inside is surprisingly neat and tidy, with a most curious structure over the south chancel chapel, which I take to be all that is left of Forncett St Mary's organ.