Diameter: 8" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Unidentified (blank)
Dove Bell ID: 63602 Tower ID: 25383 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Lead: St Mary
Overview
Grid reference: SE 464 368
The present building is the nave of a two-celled church, and evidence of foundations of a chancel may be seen outside the east wall. The thick walls are strengthened by diagonal buttresses with two offsets at the west end and similar buttresses placed in line with the wall wall at the east end. A stout bell-cote stands over the west gable of the low-pitched roof.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
A rectangle with west bell-cote.
Description of Archaeology and History
It is normally thought that the church was built in the early fourteenth century (see the window tracery); those who acribe it to an earlier period because of its massive walls (in relation to its size) claim that it was built about 1150 by the Tyas family of Lead Hall (a house which apparently stood near the church) and that the windows are later insertions. The vernacular style of the architecture is such that a solution is difficult to determine. The church was restored in 1784 and 1932.
Exterior Description
The present building is the nave of a two-celled church, and evidence of foundations of a chancel may be seen outside the east wall. The thick walls are strengthened by diagonal buttresses with two offsets at the west end and similar buttresses placed in line with the wall wall at the east end. A stout bell-cote stands over the west gable of the low-pitched roof. In the east and west walls are two-light windows with Decorated tracery of a pointed quatrefoil above the trefoiled main lights. A doorway of the same date opens near the west end of the south wall and further east in the same wall is a later window with a sqaure head and ogee-headed lights; it has no hood-mould and is paired by a similar window in the north wall.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior of the building is almost entirely grey in colour, for such is the colour of the stone work and of the mature elm wood of which the majority of the furnishings are constructed. The architecture is plain, with bare stone walls and a roof of kingpost construction which seems to date from the 1784 restoration. The floor is paved with grey stone with five coffin lids set in the open space in front of the altar. The altar itself is made up of a stone mensa which seems to be mediaeval and retains its consecration crosses, beneath which is a structure of stone incorporating a small coffin lid with a foliated cross.
Fixtures and fittings
Font (object)
The font is Norman, with a massive rough-hewn round bowl tapering to a square base.
Pulpit
The pulpit arrangement is made up of panelling of at least two dates. The earlier forms the front of the clerk's desk, with small flat rectangular panels within moulded framing; at the side are pyramidal caps to the uprights which seem to be early seventeenth-century. The reading desk and pulpit are made up of eighteenth-century panelling of pine, and may date from the 1784 restoration. The pulpit door has a loose panel.
Altar
The altar retains its original stone mensa with consecration crosses, supported on a stone base with carved corners of 1932 and a panel with a foliated cross set in the centre of the front.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: SE 464 368
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.
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.
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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