Bardwell is an attractive village with many listed buildings and a conservation area covering the historic parts of the village. Information about the Conservation Area can be obtained from St Edmundsbury Borough Council and the listed buildings register can be viewed at the Council Offices in Western Way as well as on the English Heritage website. www.imagesofengland.org.uk/

The church was Listed in 1955 as Grade I. As well as the specific displays for village buildings there were numerous flower arrangements without a specific theme but designed to enhance features of the church building.

Vestry - Courtesy of Tony Stokes

The flower arranger of this display decided to use the the theme of garden parties, these were held in the Rectory gardens during the 20thC to raise funds for either the church or the school.

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The flower arranger for this arrangement used the theme of the pewter tableware for feasts and also the beautiful gardens that surround the Guildhalls today. 

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The flower arranger of this display decided to use the idea of Moat House as the site of the Manorial Court and also Bardwell Manor Farm. The positioning  in church of this display was near the brass rubbing and the stained glass window both thought to be images of Sir William de Bardwell.

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Until the 1970's Mansard House was a working farm which in the 19th century included a butchers. This is the theme the the flower arranger chose to use for the display.

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The flower arranger for this display grew up in the village and knew about the ghostly tale of the lady in red hence the choice of colour scheme. The beautiful old window made a very appropriate stand and prop for the very grand arrangement.  

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The flower arranger for this display decided to use a late Victorian style as this was the period when the house was built as the country house for the local gentry. 

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Both Place Farm and Mothersoles were working farms until the middle of the 20th century so the flower arranger decided to use props and flowers to depict this.

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For more than twenty five years in the later part of the 19th century,  the builder John Cawley lived in Pelham House,  the  floral  display depicts his association with the house.

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Croft house is a timber-framed house with a thatched roof and adjoins the Village Green.  It is the oldest surviving house in the village, and was reputed to have been built around 1450.

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The flower arranger for this display had a hard task to represent the numerous buildings that came under the title of Drinking Houses in Bardwell but succeeded by using props to collectively represent  any form of pub or beer house and a few specific items.

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The flower arranger for this display used flowers representing a summer cottage garden and props to represent the word Booty.

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The flower arranger of this clever display was able to convey the idea of the river and water meadows near the site of Bardwell Place. 

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The flower arranger for this display used props to represent the name of Bell and pretty cottage flowers.

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This large and dramatic display in the church porch represented Low Street with its pretty cottages and the many willow trees which grow in this area of water meadow and river flood plain.

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 The Ladies Section of the British Legion arranged their floral display on the War Memorial.  

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The flower arrangers for this display incorporate a milking pail that had been originally used at Littlemoor when there was a dairy also included as props are and the only cows that can now be found at Littlemoor Hall! 

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This flower arrangement used as prop some blue and white china from the Baptist Chapel and a piece of slate to represent the roofs of the Baptist Chapel and the Old Methodist Chapel.   

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This large and eye catching display in the church porch represented Quaker Lane in the early 19thC when apple orchards were on the corner with Low Street as well as the present day.

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This arrangement was to represent the name Sunnyside and also the police station marked on two old maps.

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This flower arrangement represented the village green and the ponds and stream in the area as this was part of the Town Estate and is still held by Bardwell Charities. 

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The theme for this arrangement was Frimley House as the blacksmiths forge, the arranger used lots of suitable props and made a bright blacksmiths fire.

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This imaginative display made full use of lots of props associated with schooling 

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This flower arrangement evoked the atmosphere of  a village general store and the post office with the use of some beautiful props and the simple display of cottage delphiniums.

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This simple arrangement in a boot and with the addition of lots shoemakers equipment for props gave a clear indication of one of the businesses that took place on this property in the 20th c. 

Vine Cottage 2007 flower festival display

 The arranger of this display incorporated props to tell what is available at Wyken Hall.

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This clever arrangement manage to incorporate the idea of both the water for the watermill and the sails for a windmill.  

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