Church Tower

The Sacred Heart Church sits on the edge of Southwold Common on prominent rising ground. Its tower of over 100ft is visible for miles, particularly from the South, and forms an important landmark in the Southwold townscape. The tower is accessible and offers a unique and beautiful panorama of the town, Sole Bay, and the estuary of the River Blyth towards Halesworth. The Church is orientated North/South and is built in the late Gothic style, reflecting the final flowering of English Medieval architecture of the Tudor period. Fr Benedict Williamson (Diocesan Architect to the Diocese of Northampton; and Parish Priest at the Church of the Sacred Cobham) designed the Church in 1912. Local builders H A King (Beccles) built the Church between 1914–1916.