Diameter: 25.5" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by Joseph Hatch 1638
Dove Bell ID: 60683 Tower ID: 23844 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Stourmouth: All Saints
Overview
Grid reference: TR 256 628
Approaching the church from the south-west one sees first the white-painted boarding of the bell-turret, which is roughly square in plan. Set against the west wall of the nave are two massive red-brick buttresses - a little under six feet in depth and rising to the full height of the gable.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Chancel, nave with aisles, and south porch. Wooden bell-cote over the western bay of the nave, the west wall of which is supported by two massive brick buttresses.
Footprint of Church buildings: 270 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The earliest visible evidence of a date seems to be the blocked window seen from inside on the north of the nave at the west; it may be pre-Conquest. The south arcade is possibly of the 1170's, and the north arcade somewhat later. The chancel is perhaps 13th century, with a 14th century Decorated east window.
Exterior Description
Approaching the church from the south-west one sees first the white-painted boarding of the bell-turret, which is roughly square in plan. Set against the west wall of the nave are two massive red-brick buttresses - a little under six feet in depth and rising to the full height of the gable.
Substantially the aisles may be the same date as the arcades, i.e. late 12th or early 13th century, but they have undergone many vicissitudes and alterations. The more dramatic changes have been on the north side where there are clearly visible jambs of the lower parts of two former windows- quite large enough to have had mullions and traccry. So the aisle wall was at some time truncated in height and the nave roof brought down across the aisle in a single sweep. Into the roof were set two dormers probably early 19th century. There is a late 13th or early 14th century door of squat proportions with a hollow chamfer. Towards the west is a window with a stout wooden frame and iron bars, 17th or 18th century in appearance, to light the vestry. The vestry was probably formed here at the time of the building of the massive west buttresses.
Returning to the south side the aisle has had a brick parapet added, probably early 19th century and with a flat or low-pitched roof behind; the porch is plainly 14th century, the gable wall much rebuilt with square knapped flints, and there are three two-light Perpendicular windows - one west and two east of the porch. The east window of the aisle is also Perpendicular, but later, with two tall cinquefoiled lights. The chanel, gives the impression of having been raised in height, with two courses of ashlar at the top contrasting strongly with the rest. In the south wall are three windows: a big Perpendicular window like the east window of the south aisle, but almost entirely renewed. Both lancets, and smaller, especially the seemm to have been much renewed and they are both plainly judging by the disturbed Flint and rubble stone around them insertions into carlier walls.
The chancel cast wall is the one most conspicuous for its regularity, and this in itself suggests extensive 19th century restoration at the corners are neatly regulated buttresses, and the greater part of the wall is of neat squared flints. However, the ten or so base courses are of flint and stone chequer pattern. The east window is of three lights with flowing Decorated tracery and a hoodmoulding which terminates in the heads of a queen and a bishop. The window is evidently a renewal.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
The chancel east window contains delightful diapered glass, probably early Victorian, and important for its aesthetic impact on the chancel.
Stained Glass
c.1830s
The chancel south lancet (1) contains a figure of St. Peter, obligingly labelled St Petrus, standing beneath a boldly projecting canopy.
Stained Glass
The chancel south lancet (2), the smaller of the two, contains a conventional representation of Our Lord as the Good Shepherd, a memorial to the Revd. Richard Drake, d.1883.
Stained Glass
The two-light south window contains a jumble of medieval glass
Stained Glass
c.1920
The chancel north light has a representation of Dorcas.
Stained Glass
c.1830
In the south aisle are four windows all with glass of c.1830 in the late Georgian pictorial manner. Two are simply diapered, with more arresting motifs in the tracery.
Interior
Interior Description
The inner north wall of the nave, west of the north arcade, is presumably Saxon on account of the double-splayed window. The south arcade capitals have vigorously curling crockets at the corners and upright leaves of five lobes in between. The north arcade is of two bays, compared to the four on the south, with wide pointed arches, slightly chamfered, on an abacus moulding. The chancel arch is still wider and of course loftier, also slightly chamfered, and with nook-shafts at the west angles of the imposts. It can be seen that the chancel had two lancets in the north wall, one of which is now blocked but visible internally.
The paving is of red square clay tiles. In the porch are worn stone slabs, and in the chancel are pretty late 19th century tiles, in red and yellow diamond pattern.
The roof of the south aisle is divided into compartments it is of very shallow pitch - by moulded beams, that at the east cutting across the window.
Fixtures and fittings
Font (object)
19th Century
The font, at the west end of the south aisle, is in the Decorated style and is made of stone composition.
Altar
Early 17th Century
The altar in the south aisle is an early 17th century Communion table with a stone mensa added.
Pulpit
17th Century
Screen
Base of chancel screen survives
Organ (object)
c.1870
One manual and pedals, by Speechley.
Bells
Diameter: 27" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by Joseph Hatch 1605
Dove Bell ID: 60684 Tower ID: 23844 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Diameter: 30.5" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by William Carter 1615
Dove Bell ID: 60685 Tower ID: 23844 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TR 256 628
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.
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.
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'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
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.
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