Kelsale

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Notable buildings

In Kelsale village centre there is a former Guildhall built in 1495 that is now used as a training centre.

Kelsale has a primary school, Kelsale C of E VC Primary School, a Methodist Chapel and a Grade II* listed Village Hall. Situated below the Village Hall is a very popular committee-run Social Club & Bar.

On the hill, the Grade I listed Parish Church of St Mary and St Peter has a distinctive lych gate (1890) by Edward Schroeder Prior which is separately listed Grade II*. The church is medieval with a Victorian restoration of 1876-77 by Richard Norman Shaw and the nave was restored 1882-83 by E. S. Prior. Inside there is an elaborate pulpit dated before 1631 and a statue of Samuel Clouting by Thomas Thurlow of Saxmundham.[2]

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