Snetterton: All Saints
Overview
Grid reference: TL 994 910
The oldest part of the church seems to be the chancel, which has some thirteenth century features (note the piscina) but is now chiefly fourteenth-century with Decorated windows. It formerly had an upper storey with small round-headed lights which give evidence of an earlier date, but these were swept away in the nineteenth century. The whole has been much restored which makes dating difficult. The nave has no thirteenth-century features left save the two porches which are of this date judging by their arched doorways. The nave and north aisle in their present form are fourteenth-century Perpendicular, but the west tower is again early fourteenth-century and still Decorated.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
West tower, nave of four bays with north aisle, and north and south porches. Long chancel.
Description of Archaeology and History
The oldest part of the church seems to be the chancel, which has some thirteenth century features (note the piscina) but is now chiefly fourteenth-century with Decorated windows. It formerly had an upper storey with small round-headed lights which give evidence of an earlier date, but these were swept away in the nineteenth century. The whole has been much restored which makes dating difficult. The nave has no thirteenth-century features left save the two porches which are of this date judging by their arched doorways. The nave and north aisle in their present form are fourteenth-century Perpendicular, but the west tower is again early fourteenth-century and still Decorated.
Exterior Description
All the walls are faced with flint, with stone details and dressings.
The east gable of the chancel faces the road, and immediately proclaims a nineteenth-century restoration both in the late-Decorated form of the tracery and in the accurate line of the coping to the gable.
The south wall of the nave remains substantiallyas it was, with a priest's door under a two-centred arch flanked by a two-light window with a round head and Y tracery to the east and a two-light window with Decorated tracery to the west, squashed in the corner by the nave. The north wall of the nave has a window of similar form and in similar position to the last, and a slender lancet further east.
The nave has three identical windows in the south wall, all with Perpendicular tracery of a typically Norfolk variety, of three lights with panel tracery in the heads. The fourth, western, bay has the porch, now of a single storey with steeply pitched roof but formerly of two storeys.
The north aisle has an arrangment of windows and porch similar to the south wall (even to the tracery of the windows), although here the porch is lower and without the sundial or side windows. The east window of the aisle (with again the same tracery) seems to be the only window with mediaeval stonework in the tracery, and probably formed the model for all the rest.
The west tower is a tall and slender structure rising by one stage above the apex of the nave roof. The side walls have few features, but the west wall indicates a division between the plinth and parapet into three stages. The lowest has a two-light window with qusped Y tracery, and a niche below. At the next level there is no aperture save a tiny blocked light resting upon the stringcourse. The belfry stage at the top is less light in quality than many, with two-light openings of small proportions in each face, of two slightly differing tracery designs. The west corners are supported by slender buttresses with four off-sets which finally disappear below the top stage, and the east wall has buttresses which rise from the wall of the nave. The parapet is embattled.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior is plastered except for the outlines of windows and arches.
At the west end of the nave is a tall arch opening into the tower space, empty save for a bench, and rather dark because of the glass in the west window. High above the arch is a Royal Arms.
The height of the nave is accentuated by the curved braces of the nineteenth-century roof. At the intersection of primary members are carved bosses of various designs, but showing an overall mechanical uniformity in size and accuracy. The floor is of pamments, with three black ledgers in the central alley. The pews stand on wooden substructures and are themselves quite attractive with very small poppyheads and linen fold backs.
The screen between nave and chancel is of six bays with cresting to east and west. The two centre bays form the opening under one arch, and the flanking bays have panelled lower sections. On the walls each side are panels of the Ten Commandments. The pulpit stand to the right and the lectern has been removed from the other side to a place of safe-keeping. A niche by the pulpit indicates the site of a mediaeval altar.
The chancel presents a contrast to the Perpendicularnave, although equally re-worked in the 19th century. The roof is a panelled wagon vault, of pine, unpainted and dark. All the furnishings are nineteenth century and in the same wood, and the floor has black and red tiles arranged diagonally. The orgen stands on the north side, in a square case which obtrudes itself. Within the Communion Rails on the south side, the vindow embrasure comes down to form sedilia and further east is a double piscina with Decorated tracery which appears to be much renewed.
Churchyard
Grid reference: TL 994 910
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 |
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| 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
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