Smedby church
Smedby church is located slightly west of the western country road and from the cemetery you have a view of Kalmarsund to the west. Around the church in the south and east is agricultural land.
To the west of is a red wooden building that was built in the 1700th century on another site. In 1848, it was moved to Smedby and became a vicarage, which it was until 1929. There is also an associated storeroom and barn built in stone in 1917 on the plot. North of the cemetery is the churchyard.
In the north-east corner of the cemetery wall is an old whitewashed building used as storage and where there is a toilet. The former elementary school is also just north of the church.
The Church
The earliest church on the site was built at the end of the 1100th century and was a Romanesque apse church with a tall west tower which was extended in the 1200th century.
The current neoclassical church was built in 1851-53 north of the place where the medieval predecessor stood.
Smedby church is a hall church with a narrower, straight-ended chancel, an extended five-sided sacristy in the east and a tower in the west. The tower is crowned by a lantern. The architect for the church was JA Hawerman and the builder P Isberg. The exterior is largely unchanged since the time of construction.
In 1952, the interior changed a lot, mainly with the rebuilding of the choir. A barrel vault and two side rooms were built and the chancel was separated from the rest of the church room. Ärland Noréen was responsible for the changes.
Inside the church is a Romanesque baptismal font from Gotland dated to the 1200th century and the pulpit is from 1698. Two bells hang in the tower. The small bell was cast in 1680, the large bell was purchased from the bell caster JP Forsberg in Kalmar in 1878.
Memory grove
The memorial grove is located in the eastern part of the cemetery, in the open area southeast of the church building. The site consists of a rectangular grass area. Boxwood bushes border the memorial grove to the north and south. To the east, the grove is bounded by the 110 cm high and 75 cm wide existing stone wall. An older black granite care has been reused and memorial grove has been written on it.
Buildings
Outside the cemetery and integrated into the cemetery wall is a whitewashed building of unknown age that is now used as a tool shed, storeroom and visitor toilet.
In the north-east corner of the cemetery wall is an old whitewashed building used as storage and where there is a toilet. The former elementary school is also just north of the church.
The Church
The earliest church on the site was built at the end of the 1100th century and was a Romanesque apse church with a tall west tower which was extended in the 1200th century.
The current neoclassical church was built in 1851-53 north of the place where the medieval predecessor stood.
Smedby church is a hall church with a narrower, straight-ended chancel, an extended five-sided sacristy in the east and a tower in the west. The tower is crowned by a lantern. The architect for the church was JA Hawerman and the builder P Isberg. The exterior is largely unchanged since the time of construction.
In 1952, the interior changed a lot, mainly with the rebuilding of the choir. A barrel vault and two side rooms were built and the chancel was separated from the rest of the church room. Ärland Noréen was responsible for the changes.
Inside the church is a Romanesque baptismal font from Gotland dated to the 1200th century and the pulpit is from 1698. Two bells hang in the tower. The small bell was cast in 1680, the large bell was purchased from the bell caster JP Forsberg in Kalmar in 1878.
Memory grove
The memorial grove is located in the eastern part of the cemetery, in the open area southeast of the church building. The site consists of a rectangular grass area. Boxwood bushes border the memorial grove to the north and south. To the east, the grove is bounded by the 110 cm high and 75 cm wide existing stone wall. An older black granite care has been reused and memorial grove has been written on it.
Buildings
Outside the cemetery and integrated into the cemetery wall is a whitewashed building of unknown age that is now used as a tool shed, storeroom and visitor toilet.