Please help to ... Save Our Spire!

St Mary's Church is an original Norman church possibly on the site of a wooden Saxon Church that was probably built on the initiative of the De Mandeville family of Broomfield Hall almost a thousand years ago.

The Tower was added to the Church in the early 12th Century and is now one of six circular/round towers in Essex. The Tower is 15ft diameter and two storeys high. It has a conical roof rising to an octagonal spire. The tower arch into the church has a semi-circular head and plain responds which are much restored. On the ground floor there are three round headed windows with jambs and head of roman brick. The upper storey has similar windows but these have been repaired with 17th century bricks. The spire has four gabled lights. This is a very RARE and beautiful building and we desperately want to keep it in a good state to preserve this historic building for the community of Broomfield for years to come.