Nominal: 869.5 Hz Weight: 896 lbs Diameter: 36" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by (unidentified)
Dove Bell ID: 4878 Tower ID: 16826 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Normanton: St Nicholas
Overview
Grid reference: SK 948 462
In the main a medieval building, with work from the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. The chancel and most of the north aisle was rebuilt in 1845.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
West tower, nave with north and south aisles and south porch, chancel with vestry on the north side.
Description of Archaeology and History
In the main a medieval building, with work from the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. The chancel and most of the north aisle was rebuilt in 1845.
Exterior Description
A small church set back slightly from the road in a grassy churchyard. The west tower of the building is of three unequal stages, divided by thin string-courses. In the west front of the lowest stage above a moulded plinth, is a three-light window with Perpendicular tracery of 19th century date, although incorporating some medieval balloflower ornament. The carved head set in the centre of the tracery and the grotesque head-stops to the drip-moulding are probably also medieval. The large central stage is completely blind, apart from a very small trefoil-headed window low down in each face; the shorter bell-stage has two-light Decorated windows deeply set. The plain tower parapet a carved corbel-table and a moulded top.
The aisles have narrow lancet windows in their eastern ends which imply a late 12th century origin, but most of the north aisle was re-constructed in 1845 with a plain parapet, stepped buttresses and two-light Decorated windows. The south wall of the south aisle is mainly of brick with a windowless stone porch, and a two-light square-headed window at the east end. The tall clerestorey has three windows on the south side and two on the north; all the windows are of the same type, wide untraceried with four-centred heads. The busily decorated, embattled parapet dates from the 19th century restorations. At the same time the chancel was built in the Early English style, with steeply pitched roofs and a triplet of unequal lancets in the east wall.
Building Materials
Limestone
11th onwards
LIMESTONE
Limestone
11th onwards
OOIDAL
Interior
Interior Description
Internally the lowest stage of the tower is pewed as a part of the church. On the south side of the tower window is a small pointed doorway with a triple, hollow chamfer; the doorway is blocked, but the door has been left in situ and the medieval lock-plate and ornamental re-enforcements of the door remaon. The tower arch is massive and triple chamfered with a billet moulding running round the outermost chamfer. The arch rests on semi circular responds with carved foliage capitals. The nave arcades are each of two bays; the late 12th century south arcade has round arches of one step and one chamfer on a cylindrical column with waterleaf carving in the capitals of both column and responds; the north arcade dates from the late 13th century, the arches are double-chamfered, the pier octagonal with some nail-head decoration to the abacus, The nave roof is of low pitch. The chancel-arch, which is tiled and four-centred, rests of demi-column responds with plain octagonal abaci and heavy imposts. The chancel itself has a flat boarded roof with curved braces. All the internal wall surfaces of the church have been whitened and the floors are of stone flags.
Fixtures and fittings
Pulpit
17th Century
17th century wooden hexagonal pulpit with two tiers of plain panelling on the base, and a back-piece and tester with a fretted lower edge.
Chest
c. 14th Century
A very fine oak chest, probably of the 14th century. The body is carved with a design of pointed arches, each divided into three subsidiary lights with trefoiled heads and elaborate tracery abOve. On the front of the chest the arches form a continuous arcade with elaborate roses in the spandrels. The lock plate appears to be missing.
Pew (object)
The pews in the nave and aisles are plain 19th century work with moulded tops; those in the tower may be older and have buttressed end-pieces.
Stall
Late 19th - Early 20th Century
The chancel stalls are of oak, with poppy-heads and carved traceried panels. These stalls are of late 19th or early 20th oentury date.
Bells
Nominal: 1061 Hz Weight: 504 lbs Diameter: 29.88" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by Thomas I Hedderly 1743
Dove Bell ID: 32879 Tower ID: 16826 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1005.5 Hz Weight: 616 lbs Diameter: 31.81" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by Richard I Seliok
Dove Bell ID: 32880 Tower ID: 16826 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: SK 948 462
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 | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
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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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