From being one of the stateliest buildings in the kingdom, Holy Trinity, in just over a hundred years, was reduced to a state of dereliction. In the first passions of the Reformation, the rood and all the images were destroyed. He is also credited with firing gunshot into the angels, which is probably not true, as we shall see. The neglect of the church through the long night of the 17th and 18th centuries was as much a result of rural poverty as religious priorities. In 1847 it was described as 'mouldering into ruin', and in 1880 it was closed.
White light floods the north aisle, and the nave beyond.
This is the very essence of perpendicular architecture. By 1880, the fashion for a 'restoration' involving total destruction of all that was there before had passed by, although other Suffolk churches were still yet to befall such a fate. Perhaps Holy Trinity was simply too big. Within 4 years, the roof had been secured, and Holy Trinity reopened in 1884. The process of restoration continued then pretty much up to the present day, and it still goes on.