In fact, it rarely doesn't work. The parquet marks the line of the old central gangway. If your ancestors got married here, they walked up this. Lots of people spend a lot of time sitting still in their cars looking at it, so it is a familiar sight. A plaque above the south door tells us that we are in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and we step inside to an interior that was clearly once Tractarian in nature, but is no longer.
High windows suffuse the gloom with pale light.
A central nave altar hosts most services, but the nice lady told me that they still use the chancel for weddings, funerals and the occasional Holy Communion. All the pews have been replaced with modern chairs, as at Felixstowe St John the Baptist and Kettlebaston . The clearing of clutter in a church always looks good, and one hopes that more churches will follow this good example. The rood screen and pulpit are heavy, and rather ugly I am afraid. The view up Surrey Street - as intended by Mr Wright.