Shingham: St Botolph
Overview
Grid reference: TF 761 51
Built of flint, plastered on the east, north and south walls, this building has undergone a number of vicissitudes in its fairly recent history, and it seems miraculous that so much of the building, and still more its woodwork should have survived.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Aisleless nave and chancel all in one.
Description of Archaeology and History
Norman south doorway and one window; the rest of the window forms chiefly early 14th century.
Exterior Description
Built of flint, plastered on the east, north and south walls, this building has undergone a number of vicissitudes in its fairly recent history, and it seems miraculous that so much of the building, and still more its woodwork should have survived.
At the four corners of the building are substantial diagonal stepped buttresses; another buttress, of simple triangular section, strengthens the south wall just to the west of the Norman doorway. Beginning at the west end of the, south wall the doorway occurs as the first opening: it has two orders of shafts with enriched scallop capitals, and several geometrical motifs of decoration in the arch. Then followm the tiny Norman window, very slender, with a single stone for the round-headed top; then another, larger and cruder, window also of early date; than a Decorated window with y tracery and cusped heads for the two lights; then a late Perpendicular, probably 16th century, window with a flat hood-mould. The chancel east window is Decorated, quite big, with three principal lights and reticulated tracery. On the north side of the chancel is a window matching the Decorated two-light window on the south; a stepped buttress which may have incorporated the rood-loft stair; two triangular-section buttresses; and a blocked Worth-west door with a pointed arch. At the top of the west gable is the stunted base of what may have been a double-bellcote. The bell is now housed in a wooden cage at the foot of the west wall.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior is of flawless simplicity - brick floors, rising a step for the chancel and another for the sanctuary: the drained colour of the furniture; the commandment boards, and the Belief and Lord's Prayer over the comnunion table, in their rustic frames on the west wall; and the plain wooden roof structures. The chancel has Decorated sedilia, piscina, and an aunbry recess.
The front pew on the south side, just below the pulpit, has a delightful carving of a shepherd and his dog, the only one of, such carvings to survive here on the bench-ends. It seems originally to have been polychromed. The backs of some of the pews have pierced tracery panels, and inset cresting on the back of the top-rails.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
Rail
17th Century
Communion rails: 17th century, with turned balusters.
Pulpit
Early 17th Century
Two-decker
Stoup
Holy water stoup, with ununually deep bowl, in nave.
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 761 51
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.
Further information
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