Nominal: 967 Hz Weight: 632 lbs Diameter: 32" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by John Magges
Dove Bell ID: 4992 Tower ID: 13262 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Norwich: All Saints
Overview
Grid reference: TG 231 82
Characteristically of Norwich churches, this church is faced with flint and has buttresses with stone and brick dressings. The tower is slim, unbuttressed and in three stages, the top storey having been added under the supervision of J.R. Burton of Norwich in 1913. The quoining is mainly of brick although some stone has been used at the north-west corner. The tower has few openings; there is not even a doorway.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave with north aisle; chancel with vestry to the north and organ chamber to the east of the north aisle; west tower; south porch.
Description of Archaeology and History
Late 14th century chancel; 15th century nave and tower, the last stage of the tower added in 1913.
Exterior Description
Characteristically of Norwich churches, this church is faced with flint and has buttresses with stone and brick dressings. The tower is slim, unbuttressed and in three stages, the top storey having been added under the supervision of J.R. Burton of Norwich in 1913. The quoining is mainly of brick although some stone has been used at the north-west corner. The tower has few openings; there is not even a doorway. But in the lowest stage, set well up in the wall is a tall window of three cinquefoiled ogee lights with panel tracery above. The second stage has two small bricked-up apertures in the north and south sides, and an open one to the east. The belfry stage is shallow. It is divided from the rest of the tower by a stone string course. The window dressings, quoins and battlements are also of stone, and one stone gargoyle peers out from the top south-west side. The openings are squat - two cinquefoiled lights in each side contained beneath a four-centred arch. They have wooden louvre.
The south porch is rather plain, buttressed and with shallow-pitched roof. The moulded doorway has an arched drip-stone above it. A small two-light window pierces the west and east sides.
The Windows of nave and north aisle are quite uniform and of typically Perpendicular character with four-centred arches. There are three in the south wall, separated by slim set-off buftesses; and four in the north wall where there are only two set-off buttresses and one diagonal at the north-west corner.
Nave and aisle have separate gabled roofs - that of the aisle is more shallowly pitched. The gable of the chancel roof extends down over the vestry on the north side. The windows of the chancel are of an earlier character than those in the nave. There are two in the south wall, each having two cinquefoiled ogee lights and cusped tracery. A buttress divides them. The east window has three lights, again cinquefoiled with ogee heads. The tracery consists of three sexfoils within ogee ovals. The east end has two curious features: one is the south corner which is chamfered to half way up; and the other is a small stone slab with a matrix, set low in the wall to the south side. It is not clear from the rather bulbous shape of the indent what it might have been. Possibly it was once a memorial and was incorporated into the wall when the church needed restoration.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
The east window central light contains glass by Martin Travers. The Virgin and Child standing on a crescent.
Stained Glass
1921
In the south aisle is a war memorial window by F.C. Eden, dedicated in 1921 The central light contains Christ as "Fons vitae", crucified in a red robe on a living cross that rises from a water trough, decorated with mask symbols of the four evangelists.
Stained Glass
In the north aisle windows are a few fragments of medieval glass set in the panel tracery and the heads of the ogee lights.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior displays signs of Victorian restoration. The walls have been plastered and whitewashed; even the roof rafters are plastered over, and only the braces and the purlins can be seen. The north arcade of four bays has tall, octagonal piers with moulded capitals supporting low, treble— chamfered arches. The chancel arch is tall and the reef of the chancel can be clearly seen behind it. Like the arches of the arcade, it is four-centred and chamfered. The windows of the church are all quite deeply recessed within moulded arches.
The west end of the nave is pierced by the tall tower arch. There is a small wall clock to the south of it.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
The altar is a wooden table.
Altar Cross
A brass crucifix
Reredos
20th Century
Behind the altar is a painted reredos. It was erected in memory of Arthur Shildrake, a local baker, who was churchwarden from 1912-28, In the central panel, Christ sits enthroned wearing a red robe.
Pulpit
The pulpit is of light wood with linenfold panelling.
Screen
The Chancel screen extends from the pulpit, and the lectern is incorporated into the south side. Both also have the linen fold panelling.
Stall
The choir stalls are plain wood and would have been made at the same time as the modern pulpit and screen.
Lectern
The Chancel screen extends from the pulpit, and the lectern is incorporated into the south side. Both also have the linen fold panelling.
Font (object)
15th Century
The bowl is octagonal and each panel has two figures carved in high relief. Each of the twelve apostles carries a book in one hand and his symbol in the other. The other four represented are St. Paul St. John the Baptist St. Michael, a beardless youth with wings, who stands with feathered legs on a serpent his arm raised holding the sword behind his neck, and St. George, bearded and holding a spear stuck into the dragon, his other hand resting nonchalantlyat his hip. Between the bowl and shaft is a formalised pattern of tendrils and vine leaves that twist into canopies over the niched saints.
Organ (object)
The organ is by W.N. Middleton of Norwich.
Font (component)
The font has a plain wooden cover on which stands a six-branched brass candelabrum.
Bells
Nominal: 1611 Hz Weight: 261 lbs Diameter: 22" Bell 2 of 6
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1869
Dove Bell ID: 33434 Tower ID: 13262 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1448 Hz Weight: 282 lbs Diameter: 23" Bell 3 of 6
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1914
Dove Bell ID: 33435 Tower ID: 13262 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1290 Hz Weight: 352 lbs Diameter: 25.5" Bell 4 of 6
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1914
Dove Bell ID: 33436 Tower ID: 13262 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1210.5 Hz Weight: 426 lbs Diameter: 27" Bell 5 of 6
Founded by Whitechapel Bell Foundry 2001
Dove Bell ID: 33437 Tower ID: 13262 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1083 Hz Weight: 504 lbs Diameter: 29.5" Bell 6 of 6
Founded by William Dawe
Dove Bell ID: 33438 Tower ID: 13262 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 231 82
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
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To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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