Weight: 1120 lbs Diameter: 38.5" Bell 1 of 4
Founded by Thomas Newman 1724
Dove Bell ID: 4055 Tower ID: 12177 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Little Easton: St Mary the Virgin
Diocese of Chelmsford
Church, 608524
https://www.thefiveparishes.org.uk/Overview
Grid reference: TL 604 235
The chapel is divided from the church by a three-bay arcade of moulded arches carried on pillars with semi-polygonal shafts in the cardinal directions and round shafts between. The east and west walls have blind windows in the Perpendicular style with four transomed lights which probably date from 1881. The nave is Norman in origin but the west tower and most of the nave windows are now Perpendicular, as is the east window of the chancel. The north chapel was added in 1881 to balance that on the south.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
The church consists of a west tower, aisleless nave and chancel with three-bay north and south chapels. The chapel under consideration is on the south side of the chancel and is a plain rectangle in plan.
Dimensions:
(of the chapel ) 38ft . by 18ft.
Footprint of Church buildings: 397 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The nave is Norman in origin but the west tower and most of the nave windows are now Perpendicular, as is the east window of the chancel. The north chapel was added in 1881 to balance that on the south. The Bourchier Chapel was probably added in the fifteenth century, since there is a mediaeval piscina in the south-east corner. The east and west windows (both blind) clearly date from Joseph Clarke's restoration of the church (and addition of the corresponding north chapel ) in 1881.
Exterior Description
The east and west walls have blind windows in the Perpendicular style with four transomed lights which probably date from 1881. The south wall has a buttress at each end and another at roughly the midpoint and each of the two bays thus formed has a broad window, probably seventeenth- century originally but now Normanised with nook- shafts and zig- zag round the arch.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1621
Two large south windows in the chapel. Subjects are The Kiss of Judas, The Nativity, Pilate washes his hands, The Crucifixion, Ressurection and Ascension. They were originally made for the first Baron Maynard's private chapel in Easton Lodge in 1621, but moved here in 1857.
Building Materials
Flint
External facing of the walls
Stone
Quoins
Tile
Roof is tiled
Interior
Interior Description
The chapel is divided from the church by a three-bay arcade of moulded arches carried on pillars with semi-polygonal shafts in the cardinal directions and round shafts between. The roof also appears to be entirely nineteenth- century and is a waggon roof without plaster but with closely- set arched braces to each couple of rafters. The floor is paved with stone flags and lies two steps above the level of the chancel. The walls are plastered and painted white.
Fixtures and fittings
Bell Frame
1600
Maker
Pickford
5.C
Date
1600
Visit
Description
OFJ
Jurisdiction
Number of Bells
Material
Piscina (object)
Located in the south-east corner has a plain arch with trefoils in the spandrels. The bowl has disappeared.
Screen
In the chapel, an iron screen which fills the three arches was adapted from a gate to Easton Lodge. It is eighteenth-century in origin and has been crudely fixed across the medieval canopied tomb. There is a coat of arms above the centre opening.
Tomb (component)
To Henry Bourchier, and Isabel Plantagenet his wife, he died in 1483, she in 1485. Grey marble.
Tomb (component)
To Sir Henry Maynard, d. 1610, and Susan Peirson, his wife; alabaster tomb- chest with two recumbent effigies of him in armour and his wife in a farthingale, all of very fine quality and well preserved
Tomb (component)
Lady Maynard (born Cavendish) , d. 1613 at the age of twenty; "as her life was most virtuous and religious, so was her end no less Christian and saint-like" . The monument is of alabaster and depicts her , dressed in a farthingale, lying raised on one elbow on a tomb-chest with an inscription on the front.
Bells
Weight: 616 lbs Diameter: 31.13" Bell 2 of 4
Founded by John Tonne
Dove Bell ID: 28675 Tower ID: 12177 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Weight: 896 lbs Diameter: 35.25" Bell 3 of 4
Founded by Henry Pleasant 1693
Dove Bell ID: 28676 Tower ID: 12177 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Weight: 56 lbs Diameter: 13" Bell 4 of 4
Dove Bell ID: 28677 Tower ID: 12177 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TL 604 235
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 | 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.
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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