Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: ingatestone church

brick tower of c1470-1510. access here is impossible; doubly annoying as essex tourism flags this as an open church in its leaflet"essex churches", and claims a key is locally available.

the brick tower was finished by c.1510, the south petre chapel was built in 1556

the north wall of the nave is of early norman coursed puddingstone with roman tile. it is said that puddingstone was believed to be magical, but it's more likely to have been used due to the lack of anything better in essex.