Stoke-by-Nayland

Possibly once the site of a monastery, the civil parish had a population of 703 at the 2001 Census, falling to 682 at the 2011 Census.

• Country — England • Official Name — Stoke-by-Nayland • Static Image Name — Timber-framed house at Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 230049.jpg • Static Image Caption — Stoke-by-Nayland • Population — 682 • Population Ref — (2011) • Civil Parish — Stoke-by-Nayland • Shire District — Babergh • Shire County — Suffolk • Region — East of England • Constituency Westminster — South Suffolk • Post Town — COLCHESTER • Postcode District — CO6 • Postcode Area — CO • Dial Code — 01206 • Os Grid Reference — TL986360 • Website — Stoke-by-Nayland Parish Council Stoke-by-Nayland is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county Suffolk, England, close to the border with Essex. The parish includes the village Withermarsh Green and the hamlets Thorington Street and Scotland Street. The village has many cottages and timber-framed houses, all surrounding a recreation field. Possibly once the site of a monastery, the civil parish had a population of 703 at the 2001 Census, falling to 682 at the 2011 Census.

The village was first recorded on 946 in the will of Ælfgar, an earl, where he endowed land to a community in the village, possibly a monastery.

The church was rebuilt in the 15th century and renovated in 1865. It appears several times in John Constable's paintings, though not always in the right place. The most notable feature is the red-brick tower; completed at around 1470 and surmounted by stone spires. Its buttresses are laced with canopied image niches. On its northern side is a Tudor porch, but the south porch, the main entrance, was entirely refaced by the Victorians. However, the windows and corbels reveal it to be one of the earliest parts of the church, an early-14th-century addition of two storeys to the building that was then replaced in the late 15th century. The tower is 126 feet (38 metres) high to the pinnacles. Of note is a brass memorial to Lady Catherine Howard, nee Molyns, who was the great grandmother of both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, the second and fifth wives of Henry VIII. • Illustration — Lady Catherine Howard nee Molyns, died 16 January 1465 at Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. She was the great-grandmother of both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, the second and fifth wives of Henry VIII

Stoke-by-Nayland's many listed buildings consist primarily of Grade II houses and cottages, mostly timber-framed and rendered, with plain-tile roofs, although some are thatched or slated. Many of the houses were built by the John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk and his family. Giffords Hall, Stoke-by-Nayland was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as “one of the loveliest houses of its date in England”.[1] Thorington Hall, in a separate hamlet to the south-east of the village, is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house with much original detail. There are cross wings at the north-east and south-west ends, and a staircase wing which rises to above eaves level on the south-east front. The north-east wing has a jettied gable on both fronts, carved bressummer and bargeboards. The south-west wing has an oriel window on the upper storey on the north-west side, on four shaped brackets. It also includes a jettied gable with carved bressummer and bargeboards. The windows are mostly mullioned and transomed casements with leaded lights, some with the original 17th-century fastenings. There are some original windows, blocked. On the south-east front includes a modern glazed door with an 18th-century door-case and a scroll pediment on brackets. There are two heavy chimney stacks, one finely done with 6 grouped octagonal shafts. Downs Farmhouse, no longer used as such, dates from the early 16th century, with later extensions. It is timber-framed and rendered; with rear extensions partly faced in 19th-century red brick. Of two storeys and on a 3-cell plan, its roofs are plain-tiled with the original chimney-stack set externally on the rear wall of the hall, and a cross entry. The stack has been rebuilt in plain red brick. Street House is in Church Street and has a plain-tile roof above timber-framed construction behind a render finish. The Maltings, backing onto the churchyard, and the Old Guildhall, facing it across the road, each has exposed timber-framing and jettied fronts designed to be seen. Both these buildings are of four bays divided into tenements. Tendring Hall, which was demolished in 1954, was the home of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk.

Stoke-by-Nayland contains two schools, one primary, Stoke by Nayland Church of England Primary School, and one independent school, OneSchool Global UK. The village hall was established in 1911 as the Stoke by Nayland Institute. Now a registered charity the hall is now a general meeting place and hosts variety of events. Stoke By Nayland Hotel Golf and Spa is home to a golf course with two 18 hole courses. The club hosts two international PGA Tour events; the Senior Tour since 2006 and the EuroPro Tour since 2004. James Andrews Golf School moved to Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa in 2018 https: www.jamesandrewsgolfschool.co.uk • Illustration — A Robin in Cherry Wood

The village is served by buses connecting it to Hadleigh, Polstead, Langham, Colchester, Ipswich, Sudbury, Leavenheath, and Great Horkesley.

• Illustration — St Mary's Church • Illustration — The East Window • Illustration — The West Window • Illustration — St Mary's Church Churchyard • Illustration — St Mary's Church • Illustration — St Mary's Church, from the West • Illustration — Cherry Wood Community Woodland • Illustration — Cherry Wood Community Woodland • Illustration — School Street (formerly Back Lane) • Illustration — Headstone of Charles Obins Torlesse • Illustration — Headstone of Charles Obins Torlesse