Weight: 512 lbs Diameter: 28.88" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by Brasyers of Norwich (generic)
Dove Bell ID: 60744 Tower ID: 23881 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Strumpshaw: St Peter
Overview
Grid reference: TG 349 77
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby On a footpath, trail or cycle route Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Stained Glass Concerts/Live Music
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 198 m²
Exterior Description
mainly of C14 and C15 with some C19 rebuilding. Flint with limestone dressings; knapped and galleted flintwork on tower. Slate roofs, continuous over nave and chancel. West tower, nave, chancel, north porch; C15 west tower (bequests 1485-1487) with diagonal western buttresses with flushwork panels. 3-light Perpendicular west window. 2-light bell openings. Small cusped openings on south and west sides. Parapet of stepped battlements with crocketted pinnacles. Polygonal stair turret on south side. Upper section of tower arch and drip mould for earlier steeper roof line visible on east face of tower. South door with moulded brick arch and drip plastered over, doorway blocked in brick. Nave windows 2 and 3 light Perpendicular, restored. Chancel has plain lancets and a 2-light 'Y' tracery window at south east corner. Evidence of a blocked lancet in centre of south wall. C13 Priest's doorway with restored arch. 3-light east window with Perpendicular tracery. North porch of flint with brick dressings, much restored C19; arch and niche above in brick with double hollow chamfer. Tall narrow tower arch now cut by later roof, said to date from 1817. Chancel roof also replaced: king struts on collars, shallow pitch. Plastered ceiling over nave. Banner stave locker adjoining north door. Rood loft stair at north east corner.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Good square headed screen, probably early C15 with panel tracery above crocketted arches : four bays on each side of central arched opening. Much original colour remains, the lower panels painted alternately red and green and patterned with floral motifs. Evidence remains that the screen originally had westward projections to flank nave altars, as at Ranworth (q.v.) In the chancel south wall a stepped dropped cill sedilia and a good double piscina with trefoiled heads and a small dragon carved in one of its stiff-leaf stops. Shallow pointed arch low down in south wall of nave. Some notable wall monuments : Catharine Nelson +1789; Matthew Barnes +1782 and Anne Barnes +1786; Edward Smith +1812; Mary Redhead +1811; William Springall +1752, also some good floor slabs. Octagonal font, C15, bowl carved with alternating roses and shields, corbel heads supporting bowl with four seated lions against the stem. Crocketted octagonal conical cover.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Weight: 651 lbs Diameter: 31.5" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by William Brend 1620
Dove Bell ID: 60745 Tower ID: 23881 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 968 lbs Diameter: 35.63" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by Brasyers of Norwich (generic)
Dove Bell ID: 60746 Tower ID: 23881 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 349 77
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.
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.
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