St Michael's, Framlingham Bernard Merry Designer; Caroe & Partners

New chancel furniture for St Michael's, Framlingham comprises of a Celebrant's chair, two side chairs, four low back chairs with shelves that extend from under the seats, an altar, lectern, portable lectern or legilium, credence table, processional candle stands and a Paschal candle stand, all in limed oak.

Although the designs were influenced by Arts and Crafts and Charles Rennie Mackintosh styles (Mackintosh lived for a while in nearby Walberswick) they also relate closely to their context. Designed by Bernard Merry, made by Treske, the complete ensemble, though utterly contemporary, complements the historic Suffolk church's unusually wide and long chancel and elegant late medieval architecture. The complete group, or elements of it, are regularly and easily moved to a side aisle for weekday services.