English Heritage sites near Feering Parish
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
7 miles from Feering Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
8 miles from Feering Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
8 miles from Feering Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
16 miles from Feering Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
MISTLEY TOWERS
16 miles from Feering Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
HADLEIGH CASTLE
22 miles from Feering Parish
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War.
Churches in Feering Parish
All Saints
The Street
Feering
Colchester
07878 177968
http://www.kelvedonandfeeringchurches.co.uk
Feering parish church stands in a traditional rural setting close to Feering Village Green and the local pub and has stood sentinel over the village for over 850 years. The church contains many fine features not least the glorious East window which glows jewel like and contains many scenes from Our Lord's Passion.
Although the porch and south front of All Saints, Feering was rebuilt in brick around 1500 AD the main body of the church dates back to 13th century when it must have replaced a Norman nave since the parish once belonged to Edward the Confessor.
The stone altar, which was built in 1961 by two parishioners, contains fragments from the ruins of Coggeshall Abbey, Walsingham Abbey and Colne Priory. In the niche over the porch door is a terra cotta bas-relief of Our Lady and the Holy Child designed by the sculptress Stella Ling in 1985.
The altar piece, a painting by John Constable showing the risen Christ was given to the church in 1965 but this has since be replaced by a copy, the original may now be seen in St Mary the Virgin, Dedham.
The church contains many beautiful carvings in both wood and stone.
Pubs in Feering Parish
Bell Inn
Single bar pub with tables and chairs and separate dining area. Pool table, darts and petanque all with teams. Quiz night Monday evenings. Car park and garden.
Under new management.
Blue Anchor
132 Feering Hill, Feering, CO5 9PY
(01376) 571783
theblueanchorfeering.co.uk
Sun Inn
3 Feering Hill, Feering, CO5 9NH
(01376) 570442
suninnfeering.co.uk