Nominal: 978 Hz Weight: 924 lbs Diameter: 35" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1825
Dove Bell ID: 5547 Tower ID: 13568 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Reedham: St John the Baptist
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626022
http://www.abychurches.co.uk/Overview
Grid reference: TG 427 24
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Toilets nearby or inside the church On a footpath, trail or cycle route Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Stained Glass Staithe nearby Bell Ringing
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 404 m²
Exterior Description
C14 with C15 west tower, body of church re-roofed and repaired after fire damage in 1981. Flint, brick and limestone with limestone dressings. Pantiled roofs. West tower nave, chancel incorporating former south aisle, north porch, vestry. Square C15 west tower with staged angle buttresses. Base course of flushwork panels with traceried heads. West door with square label mould and traceried spandrels. 3-light Perpendicular west window with hood mould on head stops. Square traceried sound holes, 3-light bell openings, restored. Polygonal stair turret on south side. South doorway to nave now blocked. Double lancets between staged buttresses in south nave wall. South wall of chancel has two 2-light windows with 'Y'-tracery c.1300. Priest's door between windows with headstops to hood mould. Massive raking brick buttress at south-east corner. Double-pitch east gable : east window of south chancel aisle a triple stepped lancet with continuous hood mould and head stops. 4-light east window to chancel with intersecting tracery. 2-light 'Y'-tracery window in east wall of vestry. Staged buttress between chancel and south aisle. The north side of the church displays much early brick, some set in herringbone-pattern in the flintwork with brick quoins to the north-east corner of the nave. 2-light Decorated window in north chancel wall; three 2-light 'Y'-tracery windows in north wall of nave, the easternmost set in a much reduced opening. Entrance to north porch has drip mould with head-stops and a blocked niche in the gable. Staged diagonal buttresses to north gable wall. North doorway has hood mould with headstops and stooling for finial at arch apex.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Interior re-ordered and re-furnished following fire damage in March 1981. Plastered ceilings cover new roof structures. Chancel arch and south chapel arch open into nave. Chancel arch has a double plain chamfer, the inner order carried on corbelled polygonal responds with cusped ogee arcading. Chancel south arcade to chapel C14, of two bays with an octagonal pier and double chamfered arches; a taller bay added to the east c.1500 with polygonal responds and castellated abaci. Two cusped recesses in north chancel wall and vestry door with an ogee headed arch on head stops. Two fine C16 chest tombs in the south chapel; one with inscription not decipherable, the western tomb to Henry Berney +1584. Tomb-chest with Tuscan colonnettes, four centred arched recess above flanked by Ionic columns with kneeling figures in relief. Scrolled ogee arch above containing arms.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1648.5 Hz Weight: 494 lbs Diameter: 25.88" Bell 2 of 6
Founded by Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1984
Dove Bell ID: 36322 Tower ID: 13568 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1458.5 Hz Weight: 476 lbs Diameter: 27" Bell 3 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1825
Dove Bell ID: 36323 Tower ID: 13568 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1301 Hz Weight: 504 lbs Diameter: 28" Bell 4 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1825
Dove Bell ID: 36324 Tower ID: 13568 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1235.5 Hz Weight: 588 lbs Diameter: 29.5" Bell 5 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1825
Dove Bell ID: 36325 Tower ID: 13568 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1093 Hz Weight: 700 lbs Diameter: 32.25" Bell 6 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1825
Dove Bell ID: 36326 Tower ID: 13568 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 427 24
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
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
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.
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.
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